Vice President JD Vance has a new book that will explore his religious faith and his conversion to Catholicism as an adult. “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith” will be out June 16.
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Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith and adult conversion to Catholicism.
"The first year after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, many Catholic churches across America are welcoming their highest numbers of new Catholics in recent years." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...
“The bright side of the planet moves toward darkness
And the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour.
And for me, now as then, it is too much.
There is too much world.”
- Czeslaw Milosz
Ruth Graham
When the weather on your vacation is so bad it's national news. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/w...
"The festivities of Mid-Lent flourished precisely in communities where life during Lent was the most austere." Loved this: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/w...
gambling monk, germany, 15th century
Aarik Danielsen
The story notes that few islanders still observe Lent, which Mid-Lent arose to serve as a reprieve from. It's interesting to think about what this tradition (and Mardi Gras, for that matter) means apart from Lent!
"An honest accounting requires acknowledging that reactionaries are not the only ones who have followed Jesus into the public square." www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
Ruth Graham
Ruth Graham
Ruth Graham
Ruth Graham
weird medieval guys
“Some might say at least they’re being honest about the fact that it’s just sheer brute force. But it’s also very dangerous. You’re asking people to die for the ambitions of a president and a moral calculus that’s no greater than might makes right.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...
