Article A Gift, Not a Guilt Trip What if, instead of thinking about Christ’s baptism in terms of original sin, we followed St. Cyril’s lead in celebrating the breath of the Spirit? By Gregory Hillis January 12, 2019 Spirituality Theology
Article Why We Stay We asked you to tell us your stories of why you came, left, or stayed in the church. In this installment, readers articulate reasons to remain By The Editors January 7, 2019 Spirituality Theology U.S. Catholicism Sexual-abuse Crisis
Article Reform Begins with Repentance As the U.S. bishops attend a retreat at Mundelein Seminary outside Chicago, Pope Francis urges them to embrace genuine humility By John Gehring January 7, 2019 Bishops Pope Francis Sexual-abuse Crisis Spirituality
Feature Reign of Love The joy that derives from reading Wendell Berry’s fiction is not just a consequence of his literary craft, but of his theistically charged cosmology By Eric Miller January 2, 2019 Spirituality Social Justice Environment Secularism and Modernity
Article ‘My Kate!’ When I felt myself most unloveable, she loved me By Kate Madore December 29, 2018 The Last Word Spirituality Laity Death and Dying
Article Beyond the Bright Lights In spite of all the ambition and selfishness that New York supposedly represents, I’ve found that the city’s density has encouraged me to forget myself. By Griffin Oleynick December 28, 2018 Fiction Nonfiction Immigration Social Justice Spirituality