January 2025
VOL. 90, NO. 1
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Features
Let it move you
In jazz and in Catholicism, traditions are a place to start, not to end.
Beyond beautiful
BY RENÉE RODEN
The Catholic tradition has a long and complicated relationship with beauty.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
The small brave thing
BY EMILY SANNA
The magi offer a model for how to stand against oppression.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Singular vision
BY JOHN CHRISTMAN
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis explores the risks of a singular visionary path to societal transformation.
SALT & LIGHT
Waste not, want not
BY RENÉE RODEN
Catholic social teaching calls for communities to tackle environmental challenges together.
MARGIN NOTES
Failing health
BY KEVIN CLARKE
For millions, the future of health care hangs in the balance.
TESTAMENTS
Hope endures
BY ALICE CAMILLE
This Jubilee year, be open to receiving the grace of hope.
GLAD YOU ASKED
What is excommunication?
Departments
Editors’ Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
From the Archives
Poetry
Reviews (Music, Film, Books)
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)
Wise Guide
Hope next door
BY CRISTIAN MURPHY
In a world full of dangers, Fred Rodgers is the reassuring mentor we need.
Essays
Free women
BY ELLYN SANNA
The Beguines challenged societal expectations in their fervor to follow Jesus.
United we stand
BY JOE MALHAM
A new art series celebrates the call to build bridges.
Sounding Board
The Catholic choice
BY KATHLEEN BONNETTE
Is pro-life vs. pro choice a false dilemma? U.S. Catholic readers give their thoughts.
Expert Witness
Forgive them not
An interview with Kaya Oakes
Our obsession with forgiveness can benefit the powerful at the expense of the vulnerable.
Home Faith
On call
BY MATT PAOLELLI
Seeking the good of the other creates lasting family bonds.
