Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Sex, Lies, and Suicide
Mollyby blake butlerarchway editions, 328 pages, $17.95 It seems heartless to discuss Blake Butler’s memoir Molly as a work…
Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Other Thinkers
Years ago, I spent a month with my family in Burundi. I had once worked there when…
Mamet’s Map and NetChoice v. Paxton
A curious event in Supreme Court history happened last month: An amicus brief was filed that consists…
Walking with John Cage
A new book by Geoff Nicholson has me thinking once again about walking. It’s called Walking on…
Destroying Marriage in Order to Save It
A recent article in the New Yorker paints a rosy picture of the many ways that polyamory…
The Pope, Same-Sex Blessings, and Protestants
The confusion surrounding the pope’s recent statement Fiducia Supplicans, a document that is ambiguous about whether Catholic…
The Pope and the Black Hole
In a by now familiar sequence of events, the Vatican released a document on Monday which caused…
Holding the Line
This article is part of our 2023 year-end campaign series, featuring reflections from prominent authors on why First…
The Pauline Message of Pig
A movie that focuses on a man’s love for his pig seems a setup for laughs. Add…
How to Fix a Hole in the Heart
The doctor turned to face us. He was a tall man, athletic and thin, put-together and with…
The Unexpected Blessing of a Jigsaw Puzzle
In the summer of 2022, our daughter Katy moved back home full-time from South Dakota to help…
Letters from the Synod 2023: #7
YOGI BERRA AND THE SYNOD: DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN? As these LETTERS reach an international audience, it…
Letters from the Synbod 2023: #5
THE SYNOD AND A MURDEROUS NEW WORLD DISORDER A Synod dedicated to advancing the Church’s mission cannot…
The Church’s Revolutions
Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis by john t. mcgreevy w. w.…
