I have spent my entire career attempting to pay homage to (and in a deeper sense, to keep alive) all the incredible characters of my Catholic-kid-in-Las Vegas life.

This man, this woman are the city

To hear what sirens was Jesus Christ nailed to a tree, unable to move?

Angel Garcia tells the story of the Rev. Neil Connolly, a priest with a deep faith in his parishioners, who carried their faith from the mountains of Puerto Rico to the streets of the Bronx.

In his portrait of a once ultra-devout country undergoing rapid spiritual decline, Derek Scally paints a vivid picture of Irish indifference toward the church.

In his new book, British novelist David Mitchell affirms the irreducible and vivifying goods of the human soul.

To understand the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe demands close attention to his engagements with scientific thought and discoveries.

Mark Carney’s new book makes a succinct argument: We can either continue on the current path of what some argue is amoral wealth generation in a dehumanizing market society, or we can build new systems, grounded in common values, that encourage growth while stewarding resources for future generations.

Why do most people stop reading children’s books they loved once they come of age? Books from our childhood can still do so much good work for us.

The relationship between dominant and marginalized characters throughout O’Connor’s body of work offers a theology of displacement—that is, a means of experiencing God in the midst of upheaval, geographic and otherwise.