Voices
Addison Del Mastro writes daily about urbanism and cultural history at substack.com/thedeletedscenes.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Housing is an extension of people and of the family, and we can’t ignore the need for more housing simply because we don't want our neighborhoods to change.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
When we get behind the wheel, it is easy to see other human beings as mere obstacles. We need to acknowledge that driving can distort the moral sense of Catholics and all good people.
Arts & CultureMusic
You might call it the Walmart of hymnals. It doesn’t drill down into any one category. It doesn’t specialize. But it covers most of the bases that most parishes and parishioners would expect.
Arts & CultureTelevision
“Father Ted” can be seen as both a relic of an Irish moment and a humorous, but serious, argument against the confessional state.
FaithShort Take
Supersized suburban churches may have no choice but to pour acres of asphalt but there are still ways to use that land more productively.
FaithMusic
Deep in the ‘Gather’ hymnal is a treasury of distinctly Catholic meaning set to music. We could use a lot of more that.
FaithShort Take
A nun’s ability to find humor rather than outrage, to remain humble while believing oneself to be in possession of the truth, is something we can use more of in today’s church.