Of Many Things
Thinking about Harvey, Creation, Destruction and Living Water
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Your Take
The Letters
We are all O.K. with each other because we love each other—differences and all.
Should Confederate statues in public places be destroyed?
Sixty-two percent of America’s reader sample said Confederate statues should be removed from public spaces.
Editorials
What does the Arpaio pardon mean for the future of civil rights?
On Twitter, the president even called him an “American Patriot.”
The Editors: A threat to the confessional seal anywhere is a threat to it everywhere
A violation of the confessional seal anywhere will become the rationale for mandating its violation everywhere.
Short Take
How Harvey brought new threats, and hope, to the undocumented in Houston
Immigrants face prejudice and hate-filled laws, but a devastating hurricane caused people of all races and religions to open their doors to the stranger.
Dispatches
As Harvey rages, Catholic Charities ramps up its response
“I cannot compare it to anything,” Donna Markham, O.P., president of Catholic Charities USA, says of the storm. “The expanse of it…it is bigger than Katrina. The loss of life has not been as great as Katrina, but the damage is just monumental.”
In NAFTA negotiations, Mexico shows cautious optimism
Nafta has been the world’s most valuable trade deal, and its consequences are more deeply felt in Mexico than in the United States or Canada.
Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’
The reform of the liturgy introduced by Vatican II is here to stay.
A lesson from Pope Francis for Miami’s gridlocked roads
South Florida may be known for its beaches, but it is also notorious for traffic and road rage.
Features
How Communists and Catholics Built a Commonwealth
In our search for viable economic models, we would do well to look to the cooperatives and collective enterprises that have worked well elsewhere, including some surprisingly long-lived examples from northern Italy.
I’m a conservative Latina. Is there a place for me in Trump’s Republican Party after Charlottesville?
In the face of an emboldened white supremacy movement, I find the defensive posture of some conservatives more and more trying.
Faith in Focus
Can I be a good husband and father if my own dad wasn’t?
My father was a decorated New York City police officer, but he retired early to focus on his drinking.
Ideas
Did the Erie Canal help put an end to slavery?
The story of Austin Steward, a former slave who fought against slavery in northwest New York
Books
The transformation of Islam
People often say Islam needs an Enlightenment, but the Islamic Enlightenment has already happened, Christopher de Bellaigue writes.
The chaos and heartbreak of mental illness
The enemy is not so much public misunderstanding as indifference and helplessness, Ron Powers writes.
In Alice McDermott’s new Brooklyn novel, Sister knows best
Alice McDermott has once again delivered a novel to ponder and cherish, from its moral quandaries down to its wry humor and hypnotic prose.
Sex and the Catholic college campus
There is a perception that the hook-up culture is more prevalent than it actually is.
Film
French-Canadian nuns face the modern world and a surly teen in “The Passion of Augustine”
In the wake of Vatican II, the teaching nuns of a convent find their way of life being jettisoned by a revenue-challenged church.
Netflix’s “Chasing Coral” documents an unseen environmental disaster
A team of scientists set out to film the transition of coral from a brilliantly colored living organism to a decaying corpse.
Poetry
The Peacock Pin
We pin you to the unfinished saints you leave behind.
The Word
Where Is God at Work?
Matthew recognized God at work when John drew in sinners and Jesus attracted Gentiles.
The Rewards of the Harvest
‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’ (Mt 20:4)
Last Take
Stanley Rother will be first U.S.-born priest beatified
On Sept. 23, Fr. Stanley Francis Rother will become the first U.S.-born priest to be beatified.
Faith
Where Is God at Work?
Matthew recognized God at work when John drew in sinners and Jesus attracted Gentiles.
The Rewards of the Harvest
‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’ (Mt 20:4)
Stanley Rother will be first U.S.-born priest beatified
On Sept. 23, Fr. Stanley Francis Rother will become the first U.S.-born priest to be beatified.
Thinking about Harvey, Creation, Destruction and Living Water
Please keep praying for us. It truly helps.
Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’
The reform of the liturgy introduced by Vatican II is here to stay.
The Editors: A threat to the confessional seal anywhere is a threat to it everywhere
A violation of the confessional seal anywhere will become the rationale for mandating its violation everywhere.
Can I be a good husband and father if my own dad wasn’t?
My father was a decorated New York City police officer, but he retired early to focus on his drinking.
Magazine
The Letters
We are all O.K. with each other because we love each other—differences and all.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts