Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as they saw the white smoke pouring from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel.
But as Catholic women, we are called to embrace our bodies, with all their changes—hormonal or otherwise—and not to hide from what they reveal at different stages.
Parenting sons in an era of flailing masculinity
Paul Eli'e's 'The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex and Controversy' investigates pop culture’s crypto-religious, uncanny symbols of immanence and transcendence.
In 'Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America,' Christian Smith argues that traditional institutional religion has lost its grasp on America—at least among Americans under the age of 50.
In 'Requiem,' her fifth book, Virginia Konchan takes the sacred seriously. She’s jocular with her subjects, including God, yet in doing so she demonstrates sustained attention toward the divine. God is among her natural poetic vocabulary.
Readers of Dave Barry’s latest, 'Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up,' will find enjoyable excerpts from many of his most notable columns, surrounded by additional memories, commentary and, occasionally, the perspective of hindsight.