Priests in Fiction
This week, Doris Donnelly reviews Vestments, a new novel about a young priest struggling with his vocation. Here she offers a few classic novels featuring a priest protagonist.
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (1940)
An unnamed whiskey priest is on the run from a Mexican state that has outlawed the…
The Ethical Traveler: How to escape the tourist trap
How to escape the tourist trap
Writing Home: Literary pilgrimages to the homes of Catholic authors
Literary pilgrimages to the homes of Catholic authors
Two for the Road
Bookings By Raymond A. Schroth The best travel writing is usually about something else—not just been-there and saw-that. There is an inner voyage, even for the atheist, a spiritual experience—if not an encounter with God at least a glimpse into the mystery of life embodied in crumbling w
Letters
Letters
Raise Salaries, Lose Jobs? In response to “Will the Majority Rule?” (Current Comment, 12/12), it is hard to be opposed to the minimum wage. Yet, at the same time, an increase in the minimum wage plays out in an increase in the overall domestic wage structure, broadening the disparity bet
Editorials
Failure to Protect
The suffering and loss of children across the country demand an examination of national conscience.
Books
Master of Paradox
A new biography of G. K. Chesterton, controversialist and Catholic convert
Man of the Cloth
A new novel relates the the life and loves of a contemporary priest.
Two for the Road
On E. B. White and Henry David Thoreau.
At Home with Catholic Writers
A slideshow tour of popular literary pilgrimage sites
Film
Family Circles: Alexander Payne’s ‘The Descendants’
In “The Descendants,” Alexander Payne has found source material that builds upon his oeuvre without replicating it.
Television
Faith Undercover: A Catholic CEO promotes good values and good businesswith a little help from reality television
A Catholic CEO promotes good values and good business—with a little help from reality television
The Word
Beyond Suffering
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Feb. 5, 2012
Healing the Leper
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Feb. 12, 2012
Columns
Of Many Things
Goodbyes do not come easy for me.
On the Hunt
I gave thanks, asked forgiveness and pulled the trigger.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Does God Listen?; Citizen Adelson; A Catholic Candidate?
Signs Of the Times
Bishops Cheer High Court Decision
The ruling ensures that the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of religion shields churches from laws meant to end employment discrimination.
Human Rights Crisis In Pakistan
At least 161 people were indicted and nine were killed in extrajudicial executions in 2011 because of accusations of blasphemy.
Climate Change Impact On Ethiopia
A persistent drought is forcing farmers to abandon traditional rain-reliant practices.
Spread the Wealth?
While economic growth in Latin America continues, many of its poorest citizens complain the benefits have passed them by.
News Briefs
The millions of refugees and migrants in the world “are looking for a place they can live in peace,” Pope Benedict XVI said on Jan. 15.
Anti-Poverty Programs Remain Likely Targets in 2012
Several legislative challenges to crucial domestic and international anti-poverty programs were turned back in 2011.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts