Dignity vs. consciousness: a Catholic response to the A.I. wars
Our minds not only process information, they grasp truth, goodness and beauty, which are objective features of reality.
Our Lady of Guadalupe still has much to teach us
Our Lady of Guadalupe’s hope and her call to evangelize are scarcely beginning to dawn.
Can the Catholic Church recover its historic role as a patron of the arts?
Encountering God through art is not only a fundamental part of the church’s past. It is also an essential part of our present, living faith and, as these artists would tell you, a key part of how our church and our world will continue to find hope in times to come.
The Catholic history of our favorite Christmas cookies
There’s no tastier way to begin Advent than to explore the season’s best bakes
What the Bible’s historical lens says about Trump’s attack on the Smithsonian
The Trump administration demands that our museums be “inspiring” and “unifying.” But the Bible shows how to teach human history without hiding the painful parts.
A.I., the Incarnation and the true source of human dignity
It is the action of God that gives life and the promise of divinity to our humanity, that gives us an origin and a destination that no machine or model shares.
Review: What ‘Suicidal Empathy’ gets wrong about the human person
What moral standards ought we employ when making assessments about how to allocate resources? Gad Saad’s suggestions in ‘Suicidal Empathy’ badly miss the mark.
Review: From slaughterhouse to table?
James Robinson’s ‘Beyond Factory Farming’ is a powerful, integral contribution to the current conversation on food justice, grounded in dialogue with the growing literature on the topic.
Review: Eric Cyr’s short stories reckon with life’s wintry seasons
Eric Cyr’s short stories prod us to think: How have we filled our own lives? When death comes, what will it show about how we have lived?
Review: Lauren Groff’s short stories are as timeless as fairy tales
Lauren Groff’s confident storytelling voice in ‘Brawler,’ presents settings that at first seem enchanted and offers stark moral choices at the center of the plots.
‘Unconscionable’: Readers react to the idea of a livestreamed execution
Putting [the execution] on public display threatens to reshape our conscience to celebrate the state’s capacity for violence.
Xmas in hell
And you have too, right? been in hell join the club
Review: John Green takes on Hollywood
His novel, ‘Hollywood, Ending,’ charts a new path for John Green, offering a sharper social critique than his Y.A. work.
Is Lula’s win in Brazil a win for Catholics?
“Among Catholic voters, majority support for Lula was associated with issues such as national sovereignty, defense of the Amazon and social policies.”
Harry Houdini died on Halloween. Of course.
Houdini, the famous escape artist, died on Halloween a century ago. His legend is a complicated but strikingly All-American one.
The bishops who prayed over Trump and apologized—and gave us a lesson in moral responsibility
After a predictable media firestorm following a meeting with President Trump, church leaders responded quickly and with humility to the real hurt that they had caused.
My viral exchange with James Talarico over abortion shows civil debate is still possible
I walked away from this town hall newly convinced that if Catholics hope to persuade others to join us in protecting human life, from conception to natural death, we must find new ways to engage those who disagree with us.
Archbishop Gudziak: Ukraine’s only option is to fight on after Trump’s appeasement of Putin
It will be difficult for Ukraine to survive its war with Russia without U.S. support, but Ukrainians are determined to carry on with or without help from the Trump administration.
The miraculous Peruvian devotion that is surely close to Pope Leo’s heart
Because of its prevalence in Peru, Pope Leo likely came to know El Señor de los Milagros, which is celebrated in October.
Dispatches
He could have been a candidate for assisted suicide in Canada. He wants a more hopeful solution.
The law that would have made Peter Oliver eligible for assisted suicide never took effect, and he’s working to keep it that way.
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What writing scripts for Hallmark movies taught me about faith
I have met so many people who turn to these movies when life gets hard.
Prevost’s Parish Ministry: The Chicagoland church that helped form Pope Leo XIV
“He had a great way of just kind of getting in the middle,” one sister recalled of the future pope, “and making both sides come together and build bridges.”
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He could have been a candidate for assisted suicide in Canada. He wants a more hopeful solution.
The law that would have made Peter Oliver eligible for assisted suicide never took effect, and he’s working to keep it that way.
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