Arts & Culture

What we’re reading this month: February 2026

The books U.S. Catholic writers have enjoyed this month, including “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around?” and “Beauty and Resistance.”

Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around By Justin Giboney (InterVarsity Press, 2025) Since the second half of the 20th century, culture wars have infiltrated the Catholic Church in the United States. Hot-button topics include abortion...

February 2026

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE

The people’s liturgy

At an immigrant detention center, Catholic liturgies proclaim solidarity with victims of injustice.
BY CASSIDY KLEIN

Many voices

Musical polyphony is one of the many gifts Black Catholics bring to the church
BY ALEXANDER WALTON

Holy lives

The story of Black Catholics in the United States is one of firm devotion and faithfulness.
AN INTERVIEW WITH TIA NOELLE PRATT

A liturgy of abundance

Inclusive parish life and the traditional liturgy could go hand in hand, if we let them.
BY REBECCA BRATTEN WEISS

Our sacrament

Amidst cultural and religious differences, one couple built a new, unified wedding tradition.
BY FABIO COLORADO AND SELAH LONG

“God is on the side of the oppressed. How can we stay silent? The church always has to raise its voice.”

Irma Hernandez