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April 27, 2020

Vol. 222 / No. 10

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Politics & Society Dispatches

In Buenos Aires, the local Catholic Church is doing what it can to help its flock during the coronavirus crisis.

In Mexico City on March 31 a woman walks past a sign that urges: “Stay home.” Mexico's government broadened its shutdown of “non essential activities” and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people to help slow down the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Politics & Society Dispatches
Jan-Albert HootsenApril 02, 2020

At each of Mexico City’s 13 prisons, hundreds of people are still admitted each visiting day to see their imprisoned family members. For the inmates, they are a vital lifeline.

Faith Features
Patrick Gilger, S.J.April 02, 2020

Milan, under quarantine, has asked me to renounce the particular version of our American response to fear that I have made my own.

Faith Features
Eve TushnetApril 17, 2020

The value of work is that it gives structure to life’s chaos; it is simple, intelligible even when your own heart is baffling; it lets you be of service to others, making every job well done a kind of living amends; and, above all, good work brings humility.

Faith Faith in Focus
Julia WalshApril 17, 2020

I visualized the monstrance standing still and silent within the closed tabernacle.

Arts & Culture Books
Kevin SpinaleApril 17, 2020

Colum McCann's new novel is structured like the wings of a bird, with two narrative arcs constantly moving toward and then away from each other.

Arts & Culture Books
Ben WilkieApril 17, 2020

In his new novel, Christos Tsiolkas depicts acts of profound cruelty and sadism, but also shows the love shared among the early followers of Jesus,