Sigrid Undset’s writings were admired by everyone from Willa Cather to Dorothy Day. Her life is being studied by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. Who was this Norwegian teller of truths?
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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Enough books to fill the entire world
Can we afford to stop reading when our sacred texts seem at times like the only thing we share?
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The Nothing Men
A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane
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‘Ordinary People’ turns 50: a story of family and loss beloved by many—including Pope Leo
A book that feels as if it were published last week has now unlocked a host of exclusive offers from A.A.R.P.
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Why you should study the classics but not kill anyone: Lessons from Donna Tartt’s fiction
Donna Tartt’s ‘The Secret History’ is an engrossing read. But is it also a powerful expression of our human efforts to understand eternal truths?
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Monica, the saint who got results
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Monica, by James T. Keane
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‘Very casually Catholic’ White Sox owner Bill Veeck would have loved ‘pope hat’ night
Known for his quixotic ballpark gimmicks and unique promotions, Bill Veeck was also an advocate for racial integration and a generous Catholic philanthropist.
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Lessons from the Berlin Wall for Trump’s America: You can’t keep people in (or out) forever.
65 years ago, the Berlin Wall divided that city in two and became an enduring symbol of the Cold War. But do walls really ever work?
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Is life but a joke?
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, by James T. Keane
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James T. Farrell was condemned by the church—and paved the way for American Catholic writers
James T. Farrell’s Studs Lonigan trilogy in the 1930s set him up as an enemy of a church that was aghast at his portrayal of human nature and, frankly, of the Catholic Church itself.