When young, I anticipated the arrival of Lent with equal parts trepidation and excitement. Trepidation, because my parents forced the whole family to give up all sweets every Lent. As a sweets aficionado and a kid who regularly...
I left the church, but I still find meaning in Lent
Leaving the church doesn't always mean leaving behind the rituals of the liturgical year. Lent's "memento mori" can still speak to the heart.
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March 2026
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Moral code
Video games are unexpectedly full of moral decisions.
BY RILEY MACLEOD
Biased bots
The AI explosion amplifies existing biases in the church.
BY HEIDI SCHLUMPF
Our Lady of Revolutions
Mary challenges power and embodies resistance, says this theologian and writer.
AN INTERVIEW WITH KAT ARMAS
Look to the Luddites
As tech advances threaten labor justice, we might just need another Luddite movement.
BY LEVI CHECKETTS
Grounded in creation
Cultivate a spirituality rooted in wonder at creation’s abundance.
BY KATHY COFFEY
“American Catholics come from a pilgrim, immigrant church that has helped forge this great nation. We forget that to our ecclesial and national peril.”
Kevin Clarke
