Of Many Things
It’s time for America Jeopardy! 2018! How well will you fare?
Please remember to phrase your responses in the form of a question. For some reason, that’s important. Have a blessed summer!
Letters
The Letters
Everyone wants to believe that there is a reason for everything that happens and that good prevails over evil. We know it does not always happen that way.
Your Take
Are you proud of the United States?
We asked readers in the U.S. about their patriotism.
Editorials
Family separation shows how far we are from a just immigration policy
How much suffering and outrage will it take to change the terms of the immigration debate?
Short Take
Faith communities are reclaiming their role in preparing us for death
The medical profession’s hegemony over questions of illness and dying is not complete; faith communities are still needed for discernment and guidance.
Dispatches
Infographic: Has suicide become a public health crisis?
The C.D.C. reports a 25 percent spike between 1999 and 2016 in the frequency of suicide across the country.
The Catholic Church in Nicaragua suspends peace talks as the political crisis deepens
Nicaragua’s political crisis is in its second month, and President Daniel Ortega’s soft authoritarianism has turned into violent repression.
After three priests are murdered in the Philippines: ‘We will not be afraid.’
Church and political leaders alike expressed alarm over a growing culture of impunity. President Rodrigo Duterte’s frequent tirades against the Catholic Church in the Philippines are believed to have emboldened killers in the recent attacks against priests.
How Catholics are helping immigrant children separated from their parents
“‘What can I do?’ That’s what everyone needs to ask themselves. We can’t be paralyzed. We need to act.”
An Irish monk breathes new life into liturgical art in Toronto
Brother O’Herlihy says his paintings, which are not intended for galleries but for spaces of worship, are meant to inspire a prayerful dialogue with viewers.
Features
Montessori schools are exceptionally successful. So why aren’t there more of them?
The Montessori Method is not only superior to all alternatives, but categorically so.
How the church can help (or hurt) women in abusive marriages
What pastors say to women in abusive relationships can be life-changing
Faith and Reason
9 rules for civility from the Catholic tradition
We each have a responsibility to change the game, to treat each other better, particularly when we disagree.
Vantage Point
A brief history of the Jesuits of Baghdad
July 17 marks the 50th anniversary of the coup d’etat in Iraq that brought the Baathist party to power.
Books
Review: Science can be for girls, too
In a world where specialization paralyzes individuals from seeking knowledge in unfamiliar areas, Roma Agrawal reminds us that engineering is not beyond our grasp.
Flannery O’Connor and the Catholic editor who nurtured her career
Patrick Samway draws from letters to paint a picture of an editor and a writer who rarely met in person but who nonetheless forged a close bond.
Review: How reading the bible as storybook can change the way we live
Inspired represents Held Evans’s attempt to return not to the “handbook” Bible of her adolescence but to the “storybook” Bible of her childhood.
How Rodgers and Hammerstein transformed Broadway—and American culture
Rodgers and Hammerstein created tuneful diversions but also some of our nation’s most enduring entertainments.
Art
What I learned about art and spirituality on my pilgrimage to Texas
Three buildings argue over spirituality, art and public life.
The Word
If we listen to the voice of the Spirit, God will open our eyes.
The feeling Jesus experiences is similar to that of a mother responding to an infant’s hunger or to her child’s cry.
With Christ, you can liberate others from “unclean spirits.”
We recognize unclean spirits today not through the illnesses they cause, but through the minds they enrapture.
Last Take
How facing religious discrimination challenged one sister to move past bias
After applying for an internship, I was told I would not be able to wear my religious habit. How could I reconcile this bias with my Catholic faith?
Faith
How facing religious discrimination challenged one sister to move past bias
After applying for an internship, I was told I would not be able to wear my religious habit. How could I reconcile this bias with my Catholic faith?
If we listen to the voice of the Spirit, God will open our eyes.
The feeling Jesus experiences is similar to that of a mother responding to an infant’s hunger or to her child’s cry.
With Christ, you can liberate others from “unclean spirits.”
We recognize unclean spirits today not through the illnesses they cause, but through the minds they enrapture.
A brief history of the Jesuits of Baghdad
July 17 marks the 50th anniversary of the coup d’etat in Iraq that brought the Baathist party to power.
Faith communities are reclaiming their role in preparing us for death
The medical profession’s hegemony over questions of illness and dying is not complete; faith communities are still needed for discernment and guidance.
9 rules for civility from the Catholic tradition
We each have a responsibility to change the game, to treat each other better, particularly when we disagree.
How the church can help (or hurt) women in abusive marriages
What pastors say to women in abusive relationships can be life-changing
I wanted to become a Catholic. But first I had to give up the Eucharist—and porn.
At the start of my senior year of college, I was taking the Eucharist every day. The problem was, I was not Catholic.
Generation Faith
I wanted to become a Catholic. But first I had to give up the Eucharist—and porn.
At the start of my senior year of college, I was taking the Eucharist every day. The problem was, I was not Catholic.
Magazine
The Letters
Everyone wants to believe that there is a reason for everything that happens and that good prevails over evil. We know it does not always happen that way.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts