Editorials
Current Comment
After years of strain, relations between Ireland and the Vatican are warming up.
Diversity and Education
Increasing economic and ethnic diversity without racial preferences will be difficult.
Articles
Taking Liberties
Religious freedom, Obamacare and the rights of American business: Ellen K. Boegel's legal backgrounder on the Hobby Lobby case
The Living Word
Roc O'Connor, S.J. on the use of Scripture in contemporary liturgical music
Jack, Bobby, Ted
On Nov.
On Killing Soldiers
At age 16, Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was drafted into Hitler’s military.
Of Other Things
You don’t have to love baseball to find beauty in the film ‘Field of Dreams.’
An Ecclesial Embrace
The dates of Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to the Holy Land are no accident.
Books and Culture
Art
In 1959, Pope John XXIII redesignated the Diocese of Galveston as the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, and
Books
Jeremy Treglown’s approach in 'Franco’s Crypt' is microscopic rather than macroscopic.
Books
Paula Huston’s 'A Land Without Sin' weaves together archeology, political revolution, the demise of the Mayan civilization.
Books
David Pleins 'Evolving God' and Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J.'s, 'Ask the Beast' take up the religious themes and sensibilities of Darwin's work.
Columns and Departments
The Word
The Word
Columns
Of Many Things
Poem
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