"The next appointment," announced Father Muratori implacably, "is a certain Ms. Mary Carpenter." "Ms.?" said the archbishop...
Articles
Why Stay Catholic? By Michael Leach (Loyola Press, 2011) A few years ago a Catholic publisher asked Michael Leach to write a book on “101 reasons to be...
Collapse into now R.E.M. (Nonesuch Records, 2011) From a clamorous crescendo built slowly of distorted guitars, high-toned bass, and low, rumbling drums, R.E.M...
Jane Eyre Directed by Cary Fukunaga (Focus Features, 2011) There are secrets hidden in the shadows of Thornfield Hall, but no mystery as to why Hollywood has...
Can the $300 home add dignity to the lives of the world’s poorest people? According to U.N. projections, a trend of demographic concentration in the world’s...
KMAG YOYO Hayes Carll (Lost High, 2011) Despite the best efforts of the Nashville industry, country music refuses to die, and Hayes Carll’s new album is...
Most Catholics have a pet list of teachings that they wish would be declared infallibly, or ex cathedra (from the Chair of Peter). Odds are that these often...
The energy policy of the future should be sung to the tune of “Here Comes the Sun.” Events out of Japan persist in an irradiated gloom. The disaster unfolding...
The Sexual Believer: Uncommon Reflections On Sexual Morality For Catholics in the Third Millennium By Noel Cooper (CreateSpace, an Amazon.com company, 2011)...
After a decades-long absence, interest in demonic possession—and the ritual to defeat it—is on the rise. For more than a decade, Frank, a software consultant...
