The more we see laypeople living out the universal call to holiness, the more clearly we understand the specific role of priests.

As lethal injections fall out of favor, some states are experimenting with alternatives, from suffocation to firing squads.

Since Catholic voters were pivotal in helping re-elect Trump, they could now step up to start trying to fix this mess.

The more we see laypeople living out the universal call to holiness, the more clearly we understand the specific role of priests.

Since Catholic voters were pivotal in helping re-elect Trump, they could now step up to start trying to fix this mess.

Since Catholic voters were pivotal in helping re-elect Trump, they could now step up to start trying to fix this mess.

The Earth Liberation Front thought it could inspire an eco-revolution without the hard work of organizing. What can its failures teach us today?

In the wake of Trumpian destruction, Pope Leo's encyclical offers a model for rebuilding and repair.

In the wake of Trumpian destruction, Pope Leo's encyclical offers a model for rebuilding and repair.

Patrick Deneen's 'American Odyssey' reads Homer instrumentally, transforming a rich epic into a neat model for social conservatism.

"And yet, to recall Fanny’s past now, in her own bright present, here in her pretty, pastel condo by the sea, was to acknowledge, surely, that time heals."

Patrick Deneen's 'American Odyssey' reads Homer instrumentally, transforming a rich epic into a neat model for social conservatism.

How should the Church respond to theologian Chad Pecknold's controversial decision to take a job in Trump's DHS?

Annie Dillard reminds us that the imagination, properly wed to reason, can be transfigurative and redeeming.

The USCCB has largely risen to the occasion in condemning MAGA nativism. We hope voters will remove it from power with all due haste.

The USCCB has largely risen to the occasion in condemning MAGA nativism. We hope voters will remove it from power with all due haste.

Lawrence Joseph's poetry gives form to a beauty that is still somehow possible in our precise and horrible moment.

Annie Dillard reminds us that the imagination, properly wed to reason, can be transfigurative and redeeming.

Why have some prominent Black writers embraced nineteenth-century ideas about interracial partnerships?

The USCCB has largely risen to the occasion in condemning MAGA nativism. We hope voters will remove it from power with all due haste.

Lawrence Joseph's poetry gives form to a beauty that is still somehow possible in our precise and horrible moment.

Why have some prominent Black writers embraced nineteenth-century ideas about interracial partnerships?

J. D. Vance seems not to understand that, for Christians, the expectation of the end only deepens our obligations to the vulnerable.

J. D. Vance seems not to understand that, for Christians, the expectation of the end only deepens our obligations to the vulnerable.

How will the Vatican engage with an American political theology that unfolds under the sign of the apocalypse?

How will the Vatican engage with an American political theology that unfolds under the sign of the apocalypse?

The portraits in 'The Face of Life,' an ongoing exhibition at the Met, push viewers to grapple with the complexity of human experience.

"I started calling life with a terminal cancer patient 'the Sword of Damocles Life.' My wife and I lived under a constant threat, but not under constant assault."

This symposium reconsiders 'Time' magazine's landmark cover on the "death of God," sixty years later.

More than 5,000 children were separated from their families during the first Trump administration. What happened after they reunited?

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Our dysfunctional Constitution has helped save us from Donald Trump.

Our dysfunctional Constitution has helped save us from Donald Trump.

As lethal injections fall out of favor, some states are experimenting with alternatives, from suffocation to firing squads.

The $17 billion settlement against Meta provides important proof that tech’s self-congratulation can be challenged—and that one needn’t be a Luddite to challenge it.

"I started calling life with a terminal cancer patient 'the Sword of Damocles Life.' My wife and I lived under a constant threat, but not under constant assault."

Whether we are cradle or convert, eventually we discover that there’s more Church outside our one little alcove.

How should the Church respond to theologian Chad Pecknold's controversial decision to take a job in Trump's DHS?

More than 5,000 children were separated from their families during the first Trump administration. What happened after they reunited?