The Catholic literary canon saved my faith—and, I believe, my sanity.
Faith
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A thriller novel with a theological twist
In ‘The Nimbus,’ Robert Baird has written a campus novel that doubles as a theological thriller, a domestic drama that questions the very nature of reality.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
How will Pope Leo lead the church? Clues from his first 100 days
Just over 100 days after the election of Pope Leo, it remains difficult to determine his governing priorities. Yet some early impressions of his personal style are beginning to emerge, along with a few central themes that are likely to shape his pontificate and its approach to evangelization.
Posted inYour Take
The Ten Commandments in classrooms: Our readers reflect
Richard J. Clifford, S.J., argued that posting the commandments in public school classrooms would also violate the teachings of the Second Vatican Council.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Jamie Quatro and the end of the world
In her second novel, Jamie Quatro considers the destruction of worlds—both on a macro and on a personal scale.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Rekindling my Catholic faith in the ‘fourth quarter’ of life
Perhaps it is the hard-won wisdom that comes with age, but the Catholic rituals and practices I once scorned are the same rituals and practices that now usher me into God’s presence, time and time again.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Be like the good Samaritan: Put your time (and money) where your mouth is
Despair is easy for anyone who takes seriously the call to love your neighbor as yourself. But hope can come in two ways.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
‘Why do you stay Catholic?’ my student asked. Because of my parish—and the Gospel’s radical love.
I have questioned the ethical implications of belonging to an institution with so many members sympathetic to MAGA politics. But I can still rediscover the hope of the Eucharist in my parish.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My two vocations: priest and poet
My writing during these past five years is filled with memories of my long journey with God over a lifetime; but very significantly, it is the expression of my prayer at this later time of my life.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic bishops quietly criticized Trump’s budget. But they need to get their message out.
The USCCB wrote a letter to Congress on May 20 mildly refuting certain aspects of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.