Voices
Jon M. Sweeney is a frequent contributor to America and the author of many books including Francis of Assisi in His Own Words and, for children, The Pope’s Cat series, illustrated by Roy DeLeon.
Ideas
Little books are chief among the things that carry spiritual meaning in my life.
Art
R. Crumb’s illustration of the Book of Genesis does not gloss over anything. It’s all here in graphic detail.
Art
The artist James Ensor had a wicked sense of humor and was obsessed with religious imagery. View slide show.
Ideas
Flannery OConnor was a storyteller whose characters represent the strangest sort of people on earth.
Art
Both the hard facts and the fanciful legends about Patrick have the power to fascinate and instruct.