A violent assault on a famous author revives an ugly history: the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.

A new book by David I. Kertzer argues that Pope Pius XII has more responsibility for the Holocaust than previously reported. But is the charge merited?

America's editors shy away from endorsing political candidates—but J.F.K. proved a hard case, both during his life and in the decades since.

David Foster Wallace's novella 'Something to Do With Paying Attention' features two conversion narratives, a "fearful Jesuit" and "the death of childhood's limitless possibility."

The Rev. Andrew Greeley had an enormous impact on the American Catholic Church—including through his many contributions to this magazine.

A very sunburned literary editor looks back on some Catholic Book Club columns of yore.