Many of dePaola’s most delightful characters are those who persevere in the worthy effort to simply be themselves.

I woke with Lycidas on my tongue, and I should have known.

her wrists are shackled, / her head’s in her hand.

A new adaptation from the BBC and Amazon makes ideal use of a sensational cast of British actors.

Karen J. Johnson focuses on the minority of white Catholics who felt that racial equality was a moral and religious, not merely political, issue.

The Catholic Church needs to recognize that moved from a secular public sphere—marked by separate and specialized spheres of economy, science, faith and so forth that manage their own concerns in an insular way—to a postsecular public sphere, in which a multiplicity of voices and expertise are welcome to weigh in on an issue.