November 2022
VOL. 87, NO. 11
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Features
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Friends in high places
BY FATHER TOM McGANN, C.M.F.
Saints aren’t just spiritual advisers. They can also be personal friends.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
On their own terms
BY DANNY DUNCAN COLLUM
Reservation Dogs shows us the day-to-day lives of people still adapting centuries-old traditions to hostile surroundings.
SALT & LIGHT
The daily grind
BY DAVID CLOUTIER
Remote work has real ramifications for society.
MARGIN NOTES
It’s on us
BY KEVIN CLARKE
Children are trembling at the peripheries.
TESTAMENTS
Yours, mine, ours
BY ALICE CAMILLE
What does it mean to “belong” to someone else—a spouse, family member, or friend?
GLAD YOU ASKED
In Person
Road to recovery
BY ALYSON ROCKHOLD
Joseph Sclafani came out of retirement to continue his medical vocation on the front lines.
Essays
We remember
BY PATRICK SAINT-JEAN, S.J.
A folktale about 75 Igbo people who flew away from their enslavers offers hope for the future.
The last nail
BY JO McGOWAN
In the face of death, love becomes a kind of courage.
Reader Survey
Church and state
BY EMILY SANNA
U.S. Catholic readers weigh in on whether priests should preach politics from the pulpit.
Expert Witness
A good death
An interview with Sister Xiomara Méndez-Hernández, O.P.
A person’s final moments should be sacred, says this hospital chaplain.
Home Faith
Mini mystics
BY TERESA CODA
Children are naturally in touch with a spirituality beyond words.
