‘Dilexi Te’ and the witness of African women
As an African woman theologian, I read “Dilexi Te” not as an abstract ecclesial document, but as a reflection of the spiritual wisdom and lived theology of African women.
Chosen
I believe in being chosen by leaves.
At the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
She is the quickening, the leap of faith; she the tabernacle, mother of the world.
Review: A Steve Martin smorgasbord
Steve Martin’s new memoir offers an honest look at the deeply human struggles and achievements behind his “wild and crazy guy” persona.
Review: The ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ and church-state tensions
Brenda Wineapple’s ‘Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation’—about the famous Scopes “monkey trial,” is timely. Then again, church-state conflicts simply never go away in the United States.
Review: Are we overthinking motherhood?
A handful of books published over the past few years get at the question of just what makes 21st-century motherhood so uniquely tough and comparatively unappealing when compared to the child-free life.
AMDG: An adventure of faith and service for Jesuit high school students
The new program, sponsored by Boston College and funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc., brings together 600 participants in a yearlong faith exploration and service journey.
Education is about more than test results. But how do we tell if it’s working?
Is there a way to measure a student’s overall flourishing as a human person?
Black, Catholic and Gen Z: In searching for my roots, I found Pope Leo in my past
If this is the case, it means I share ancestry with Pope Leo XIV through my great-grandmother Eugenie Lemelle’s paternal lineage going back to where I started the story of my ancestry in this piece—Marie Jeanne Davion. My very, very, distant cousin is the pope!
The changing of the (Swiss) Guard
The pope’s army faces the 21st century.
Graduates of Catholic colleges must develop qualities that A.I. can never provide
A.I. may be superb at repackaging existing information. But what about originality? Breakthrough ideas? Grace-filled epiphanies?
When Catholics confront authoritarianism: Our readers weigh in
Our January issue included a feature story by the political scientist Maria J. Stephan, “When Catholics Confront Authoritarianism.” Our readers had much to say in response.
Father James Martin: Lessons from mowing lawns, riding bikes and a fateful walk to school
Finding God in suburbia: An exclusive excerpt from the new book “Work in Progress”
Vatican II, ‘Nostra Aetate’ and interreligious dialogue: A radical turn in Catholic history
“Nostra Aetate” marked one of the most radical turns in Catholic history: a shift from suspicion to encounter, from a closed fortress to an open horizon.
Review: Rediscovering a forgotten theological force at Vatican II
With her new study of Marie-Dominique Chenu, O.P., Mary Kate Holman offers a major contribution to ressourcement scholarship and the history of Vatican II.
Pope Leo has called his first consistory of cardinals. What makes it ‘extraordinary’?
Even if the Vatican were to release a full transcript of this week’s consistory—which it certainly will not do—a detailed breakdown of the conversations among the cardinals would not be the most important takeaway from the meeting.
Venezuela, Trump and the end of ‘Pax Americana’
When it comes to American foreign policy under President Trump, the only guarantee left is that there are no guarantees.
Pope Leo appoints new archbishop of Westminster, marking the end of an era in England
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton, who was born in Zambia and came to the United Kingdom at the age of 2, as the 12th archbishop of Westminster and leader of the Catholic Church of England and Wales.
After Bondi Beach, how safe is America from Islamic State terror?
The ISIS rampage at Bondi Beach in Australia highlights a phenomenon well known to counterterrorism experts: The holiday season also represents a period of heightened threat from extremist groups like the Islamic State.
Review: the catholic Catholic imagination of John Darnielle & the Mountain Goats
John Darnielle’s ‘This Year: 365 Songs Annotated’ collects lyrics from, and brief reflections on, 365 different Mountain Goats songs. Catholicism saturates his lyrics, which include references to saints, heretics, the rosary and the Bible.
Trump’s irresponsible talk about South Africa ‘white genocide’ stokes racial divisions
President Donald Trump’s promotion of a erroneous narrative of white farmers being “killed and slaughtered” in a genocide in South Africa is contributing to racial tensions there.
Assisted suicide now legal in Illinois despite opposition from bishops, disability advocates
Assisted dying has been legalized in many nations across the Western world, as choosing how to end one’s life has come to be seen by many as the final frontier of individual rights.
My forty years of friendship with Thomas Merton
Can you be friends with a person who never knew you even existed? If the answer to these questions is yes, then I am friends with Thomas Merton.
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