Faith The Word
The Gospel reminds us to treat all people, especially the sick, with dignity, care and respect.
Arts & Culture Books
Emma Donoghue's new novel unfolds over the course of All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day—with a chatty cast of priests, nuns and philosophizing orderlies running about—adding to the sanctified air.
Arts & Culture Poetry
he pawed through his closet
like a bear in a blackberry bramble
Faith Faith in Focus
Read an excerpt from Fr. James Martin’s new book on prayer
Politics & Society Last Take
As president, Joe Biden will have to seek common ground across a wide ideological spectrum, writes Congressman Tom Suozzi of New York. His relationship with God as a Catholic will help him to do so.
Faith Dispatches
None of the saints associated with the United States are of African descent. The Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University intends to change that, and here are six possibilities for sainthood.
Faith The Word
Today’s readings inspire us to be mindful and attuned to all of creation and the ways that we support or harm our fellow creatures.
Arts & Culture Books
This debut novel by 29-year-old Marieke Lucas Rijneveld won the 2020 International Booker Prize.
Arts & Culture Books
in Barack Obama's new memoir, readers get to know a host of colorful characters who played a role in the campaign for the presidency and Obama’s first term in office.
Politics & Society Short Take
Tiny pieces of plastic waste, already found at the top of Mount Everest and the bottom of the ocean, may now have a toehold in the human womb, writes Kathleen Bonnette.
Arts & Culture Music
Williams came to write “Mary Lou’s Mass” to capture her feeling of suffering—and its apotheosis.
Politics & Society Short Take
President Trump has virtually ended refugee admissions to the United States, Joshua P. Cohen writes, but Joe Biden can restore our leadership as a humanitarian nation.
Politics & Society Short Take
President Joe Biden has restarted the debate over immigration with a sweeping reform bill. Passage will not be easy, but the Catholic community can help achieve a long-overdue victory.
Politics & Society Dispatches
The Biden administration has vowed to invest $4 billion in Central America to address factors that drive immigration to the United States—economic insecurity, violence, environmental crises and government corruption.
Faith Interviews
An interview with Massimo Faggioli about what to expect from the second Catholic president
Faith News
The Catholic physician and researcher Jerome Lejeune devoted his life to protecting unborn children with Down syndrome from so-called “therapeutic abortion.”
Politics & Society News
Muslims are breathing a sigh of relief after President Joe Biden's reversal of the travel ban, which has separated thousands of families since it was issued by former President Trump.
Faith News
A former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer were found guilty of money laundering and embezzling millions of euros from property sales.
Faith News
Achieving the goals involves setting policy as well as adopting legislation to limit carbon pollution, which the vast majority of climate scientists have said is the leading cause of a warming planet.