March 2026
VOL. 91, NO. 3
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Features
Moral code
BY RILEY MACLEOD
Video games are unexpectedly full of moral decisions.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Where do we go from here?
BY EMILY SANNA
Refuse to let brutality become normal simply because it has become familiar.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Between the battles
BY PAMELA HILL NETTLETON
We think we know the story of the American revolution. A new documentary shows there’s a lot we don’t know.
SALT & LIGHT
All things in moderation
BY DAVID CLOUTIER
When it comes to artificial intelligence, where do we place our limits?
MARGIN NOTES
With one voice
BY KEVIN CLARKE
United U.S. bishops must now persuade the people in the pews, too.
TESTAMENTS
God’s darlings
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Everyone in the world is loved equally by God. But human relationships don’t reflect this fundamental truth.
GLAD YOU ASKED
Practicing Catholic
To make holy
BY CHRISTINE VALTERS PAINTNER
Giving and receiving blessings helps for greater intimacy with God.
Essays
Look to the Luddites
BY LEVI CHECKETTS
As tech advances threaten labor justice, we might just need another Luddite movement.
Grounded in creation
BY KATHY COFFEY
Cultivate a spirituality rooted in wonder at creation’s abundance.
Sounding Board
This is real life
BY NATHANIEL HUNTER
The internet, just like any other society, can shape our character. U.S. Catholic readers tell us how to make it work for the better.
Expert Witness
Our Lady of Revolutions
An interview with Kat Armas
Mary challenges power and embodies resistance, says this theologian and writer.
Home Faith
Food for thought
BY SHANNON WIMP SCHMIDT
A child’s health issues prompt a new perspective on the Lenten fast.
