Of Many Things
We must build our public square on civil dialogue
No single person can be trusted to wield power; therefore, power must be shared among many and policed by a legal system of checks and balances.
Your Take
The Letters
I see what the author speaks of and realize that they are all gifts God has placed in our lives to show God’s presence and grace.
Does political rhetoric incite violence?
Respondents cited current events as evidence for how irresponsible political rhetoric can result in violence.
Editorials
After the midterms, can the new Congress work together? Here’s where they could start.
After the midterms, there are a variety of other issues on which compromise is still achievable and where “good politics” can still be practiced.
The Editors: Catholics have a moral duty to fight anti-Semitism
We must reject violence. But this is the least that we should do.
Short Take
Why Catholic colleges should ban access to pornography
Many students turn to porn because of loneliness or frustration. But colleges should encourage a healthier view of human sexuality than what is found in the exploitative underbelly of the web.
Dispatches
Your Catholic 2018 midterm roundup: health care, wages, abortion and more
Many ballot measures supported by Catholic leaders saw success in the Midterms.
Pope Francis: Anti-Semitism must be banned from society
“A Christian cannot be an anti-Semite; we share the same roots. It would be a contradiction of faith and life.”
A sculpture of the Virgin Mary is a sign of welcome on the U.S.-Mexico border
The monument to the Virgin Mary, which will be surrounded by a meditation garden, was inspired by the Statue of Liberty and commissioned by the San Diego Organizing Project.
South Africa is seeing a spike in protests. Will the government finally address economic inequality?
While a new black middle class has emerged, while the politically connected got rich, some even becoming billionaires, the vast majority of South Africans remain poor.
Features
#ChurchToo: How can we prevent the abuse of women by the clergy?
Is the Catholic Church doing enough to prevent the abuse of women by clergy?
Exclusive: Should U.S. bishops speak out on politics—or stick to religion?
U.S. bishops tell the authors of a groundbreaking new book that they feel a duty to speak out on issues of the day, but they must tread carefully with a secular press and fallout from the sexual abuse crisis.
Faith in Focus
How do I find God in a newsroom massacre?
The Capital Gazette massacre is not only about incalculable loss but also all the gifts the departed gave us and leave us.
Vantage Point
Mickey Mouse and the meaning of Americanism
If a product of an age is entirely free from criticism, it is something of great interest.
Ideas
The Evolution of René Girard
How one man made us think differently about religion, violence and desire
Books
R. O. Kwon’s debut novel delves into the loss of faith and the absence it leaves behind
R. O. Kwon’s novel startles and unsettles with its insights, as its characters act to prove their beliefs to themselves and to the world, with explosive results.
Review: ‘Refuge in Hell’ is a Dante-esque journey into our prison system
Nowhere is the contrast between Christian love and hellish indifference more stark than in our prison system.
Review: Real news about the Trump White House
Bob Woodward offers a grim portrait of a presidential administration that seems increasingly unhinged.
Review: Machado de Assis, the ‘writer’s Catholic writer’
The stories of Machado de Assis let us imagine our way into familiar perspectives and situations from unexpected vantages that enlarge and transform our sense of what is and what can be in this life, and the next.
Film
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: A martyr’s tale for the classic rock set
Queen’s Freddie Mercury was pop’s most flamboyant performer—a closeted icon who rode a gay aesthetic to stardom.
Theater
What do we owe abusers? A new play asks this uncomfortable question
“Downstate” poses a number of uncomfortable questions, relevant and challenging both in light of the ongoing #MeToo movement and the church’s continued grappling with its sexual abuse scandal.
Poetry
Whose Resolve, Which Salvation?
Their names are legion where they lay tunneled beneath our borders.
The Word
Are you paying attention to God’s advancing kingdom?
In Luke’s Gospel, the kingdom appears gradually, like the gathering clouds of a storm.
How are you preparing for Christ’s coming?
John the Baptist affirmed that God was at work, preparing a savior who would clean out Israel’s spiritual and moral corruption.
Last Take
What it means to be a Catholic feminist and why the church must embrace it
Feminism is both necessary for being a Catholic woman and one of the reasons you will be tested as a Catholic feminist.
Faith
Are you paying attention to God’s advancing kingdom?
In Luke’s Gospel, the kingdom appears gradually, like the gathering clouds of a storm.
How are you preparing for Christ’s coming?
John the Baptist affirmed that God was at work, preparing a savior who would clean out Israel’s spiritual and moral corruption.
#ChurchToo: How can we prevent the abuse of women by the clergy?
Is the Catholic Church doing enough to prevent the abuse of women by clergy?
Exclusive: Should U.S. bishops speak out on politics—or stick to religion?
U.S. bishops tell the authors of a groundbreaking new book that they feel a duty to speak out on issues of the day, but they must tread carefully with a secular press and fallout from the sexual abuse crisis.
What it means to be a Catholic feminist and why the church must embrace it
Feminism is both necessary for being a Catholic woman and one of the reasons you will be tested as a Catholic feminist.
How do I find God in a newsroom massacre?
The Capital Gazette massacre is not only about incalculable loss but also all the gifts the departed gave us and leave us.
Magazine
The Letters
I see what the author speaks of and realize that they are all gifts God has placed in our lives to show God’s presence and grace.
We must build our public square on civil dialogue
No single person can be trusted to wield power; therefore, power must be shared among many and policed by a legal system of checks and balances.
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