Mourning Pope Francis—and his limits
As a progressive Catholic, I admired Francis. As a woman and a feminist, I was often disappointed by him.
Unseasonal
Everything is crawling out of the earth tonight...
Faith at the expense of freedom
Catholic integralism is not fascism. But the two have often made common cause.
The post-Catholic Joyce
Filtered through my deconstructed Catholic faith, Ulysses holds up surprisingly well.
Pope Benedict’s complicated legacy
Both his strengths and his failings are distinctly Catholic.
Reading The Waste Land as it turns 100
T. S. Eliot’s epic poem is a masterpiece—but what do we do with its view of classical Western tradition?
Can you like Dostoevsky?
Philosopher and linguist Julia Kristeva asks but does not answer this question about the Russian novelist’s complex work.
When localism becomes nationalism
At the farmers market, I found something I didn’t expect—White supremacists.