Article Shrouded Figures A visit to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington occasions reflections not only on how we see, but who we think is worth seeing By Paul Baumann February 5, 2019 Arts Barack Obama Domestic Affairs Spirituality Death and Dying
Article Language Games Clearer, more honest language is needed if the two sides in the seemingly unresolvable debate around abortion are going to get beyond name-calling By Paul Baumann January 22, 2019 Abortion Bioethics U.S. Catholicism
Article Portrait of a Marriage An exploration of the memoirs of the British novelist yields insights into beauty, cuisine, and what makes for a lasting marriage By Paul Baumann January 9, 2019 Fiction Nonfiction Sexuality
Article Reading the Opposition Instead of hyperventilating about the decline of Western religious and political institutions, conservatives ought to help build them back up By Paul Baumann December 13, 2018 Secularism and Modernity LGBTQ issues Foreign Affairs U.S. Catholicism
Article ‘The Nun’s Story’ Revisited However much we may admire the austerities and asceticism of pre-Vatican II religious life, the film depicts a closed world to which we cannot return By Paul Baumann December 4, 2018 Movies Spirituality Religious Life Women in the Church
Article Why I Stay As I understand it, the church offers us a mediated relationship with Jesus, through the sacraments, and most profoundly in the Eucharist. By Paul Baumann November 19, 2018 Secularism and Modernity Vatican II U.S. Catholicism Spirituality Theology
