'In the Wolf’s Mouth,' by Adam Foulds

This month Friends turns 20. When I was that age, 20 years ago, I lay on the hardwood floor of my first apartment on Chicago’s North Side with my own group of friends and cynically watched NBC’s newest collection of beautiful people trying to be funny. As we made sarcastic comments to on

The nature of reading is private, but part of the thrill of reading a magazine is the knowledge that others are reading the same material at roughly the same time.

Like most folks I have been following events in Ferguson Missouri with equal measures of despair and frustration I have even watched the live feed from Vice news before a queasy feeling sent me away from my computer screen mdash the realization that I may have stumbled upon a new cultural phenom w

Concern for the poor is a major focus for Pope Francis, and it should be for each of us. The psalmist reminds us, “The Lord takes delight in his people, honors the poor with victory” (Ps 149:4). How many times have we heard Pope Francis say that he wants a church “that is poor and

Humans have a hunger which they do not share with any other creature on earth nbsp It rsquo s a craving for meaning nbsp All animals find sustenance in the world but we alone require something else of it nbsp We need the world to be purposeful nbsp That rsquo s at the core of what it means

We live in dangerous times. The assault of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Baghdad, as well as other sectarian violence, challenge the very essence of the human person. No longer is this merely a clash of civilizations, but a struggle for the preservation of human life. Since religion or reli

Love and TruthThere is much to commend in “Simply Loving,” by James Martin, S.J. (5/26). There is no doubt that “loving the sinner, while hating the sin” is easier for God than for man. We imperfect and fallen humans tend to either love both or hate both. It is hard to get it

The Bible in the life and mission of the Latin American church

Guided reflections through the Song of Songs and other Scripture texts