Articles

The billion prayer march

The billion prayer march: a play in three short acts Act I. Enter Extreme Poverty. Much wailing and grinding of teeth. She falls to the ground and crawls...

Not holier than thou

I came to the stories of the saints in a rather unusual way—and one I don’t expect any of you to share: I wrote for a Catholic homily preparation resource, and...

Our fall book harvest

Here are a few books U.S. Catholic editors think are worth adding to your reading list this month   Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life...

Recovering Catholics

We can learn a lot from people who left the church, whether we can win them back or not. For generations, the Baltimore Catechism taught that Catholics who...

The Dark Knight

Directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Brothers, 2008) The truth understood by every 14-year-old comic book fan is that we love superheroes not because they are...

The Geography of Light

Carrie Newcomer (Rounder, 2008) Back when I used to sort my CDs into categories (back when I still bought CDs), one section was devoted to inspirational female...

Exiles

By Ron Hansen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008) The pivotal moment in Ron Hansen's Exiles comes almost exactly midway through the 225-page book. A fellow...