The story of Eleazar refusing to back down from his faith even in his old age reminds us that faith without action is just hypocrisy.

The great Catholic irony is that the Mass—that ripe cadenced insane activity at the heart of the church—is weirdly, bizarrely, the right and fitting place to bring our concerns about the Mass itself.

The institutional Catholic Church as we currently experience it is simply not going to be able to survive, and yet much of our leadership seems content to blame the messenger and insist on business as usual. So what to do?

God is in all things. But in moments of pain and tragedy, we want that extra wink, that hand of comfort.

Novelist and editor Christopher Beha discusses faith, writing and great literature with Mary Grace Mangano.

It is understandable not wanting to take the time to draw attention to the second anniversary of the recent surreal horror show of Covid-19. But there are also many moments of grace scattered across the landscape of lockdowns.