Culture

Most of us took the first news of the President’s death for some grisly joke. It was, of course, unbelievable, and we are only now absorbing and digesting the horror

Of all the vexing international problems in recent months, none has compared with Vietnam for sheer murkiness and confusion.

The question is not so much "If not Diem, who?" but rather, "Instead of Diem, who?"

From the archives: An optimistic prediction about the future of conservatism.

It is no exaggeration to say that our times are Apocalyptic, in the sense that we seem to have come to a point at which all the hidden, mysterious dynamism of the "history of salvation" revealed in the Bible has flowered into final and decisive crisis.

Beyond the neon signs and Coke bottles, another America survives—as of now

Late developments in the Quemoy crisis leave the situation as dangerous and confused as ever. But there's a good chance that the Administration will win its gamble in the Far East.

Understanding enculturation—with all its complications and shortcomings—is critical to the future of non-Western Christianity.

"The most powerful medicine against shallow sentimentalism, which breeds secularism, is the word coming on wings of grace."

You can't escape Christmas; you can only escape yourself.

From the archives: Walker Percy on the need for white, upper-class Southerners to move beyond Stoicism.

Bethlehem is home—even in the significance of its name, the house of bread

Are we now at the end of a drama or of an act?

Employers' greed, power politics, exploitation, child labor, and general neglect have produced a situation which is the scandal of the world.

Because the humanity of the Capuchin mystic is so evident, Padre Pio's sanctity is all the more impressive.

From the archives: Art isn't good because its characters are good people or its themes "family friendly." Making good Catholic art means thoughtfully engaging with reality.

"Those whose theology he shares frequently distrust him because of his politics, and those with whom he feels at home politically may doubt him because of his theology."

From the archives: Bishop discusses the role fairy tales play in children's development arguing against the ban and censorship of their imaginations.

“You,” I told the Blessed Mother, “will have to be her mother.”

The purpose of higher education is not to make of the youth a truly wise man, but to equip his mind with an ordered knowledge which will enable him to advance toward wisdom in his manhood.

Meals are so important. The disciples knew Christ in the breaking of bread. We know Christ in each other in the breaking of bread... gluten in wheat is like flesh.

Poems from five poets

An editorial cartoon

Dorothy Day lays out her program for a vast system of Catholic Worker houses of hospitality.

On imagination, faith, and the natural fancy of children

Padraic Colum celebrates pancakes, friendship, and Shrove Tuesday in this 1931 piece from our archives.