April 2024
VOL. 89, NO. 4
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Features
Conversations in the Spirit (I, II, and III)
BY CECILIA GONZÁLEZ-ANDRIEU, RHONDA MISKA, AND KELLY ADAMSON
Three women writers find signs of hope that the church is working to break cycles of invisibility.
Walk together
Catholics responding to the opioid epidemic believe that the church can better support those with addictions.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Simple wonder
BY FATHER TOM MCGANN, C.M.F.
Pope Francis calls us to a “humbler but more fruitful way” of living.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Across time and space
BY JOHN CHRISTMAN
Doctor Who helps humanize the experiences of people our society tends to “other.”
SALT & LIGHT
True knowing
BY DAVID CLOUTIER
AI will help us get more things done. But does it make us better?
MARGIN NOTES
Hard stop
BY KEVIN CLARKE
Find the courage to curb the savagery of war.
TESTAMENTS
Beware of the spin doctors
BY ALICE CAMILLE
There is nothing new under the sun—not even fake news.
GLAD YOU ASKED
Wise Guides
Free radical
BY JOHN W. FARRELL
Herbert McCabe offers revolutionary insight into God and humankind.
Essays
Passengers
BY ALLISON CONNELLY-VETTER
Asking for and receiving rides is one small practice that can create a truly interdependent world.
Complicated witness
BY IVAN BREA
Bartolomé de Las Casas’ conversion of heart led him to advocate for Indigenous people.
Sounding Board
Bless you
BY JOHN T. KYLER AND DANI M. JIMÉNEZ
U.S. Catholic contributors respond to Fiducia Supplicans.
Expert Witness
Art for all
An interview with Janet McKenzie
Janet McKenzie’s sacred paintings go beyond stereotypes of race and gender to depict the holy in us all.
Home Faith
In giving we receive
BY TERESA CODA
Parenthood means being willing to make sacrifices for others—but that might not mean what you think it does.