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Jason Steidl revisits the day in 1969 when Católicos Por La Raza activists planned to confront their cardinal at the Eucharistic table.

This essay reflects upon the fascinating painting by Velázquez Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, discusses the current Roman Catholic rules of abstinence, and considers the curious fact that these are less rigorous than those adopted by vegetarians and many others in secular society.

In this interview, Sister Marilyn Lacey of Mercy Beyond Borders discusses her new memoir, *This Flowing Toward Me*, her fear of spiders, her work with refugees, and the surprising movement of God’s grace.

Read within the context of his first two encyclicals, DEUS CARITAS EST and SPE SALVI, Pope Benedict XVI’s third encyclical, CARITAS IN VERITATE, presents a unified philosophical and theological vision that grounds authentic human development in the fundamental Christian virtues of hope and love.

A critical review by James K. A. Smith of Francis Beckwith’s RETURN TO ROME.

Here in part three of this interview, Eugene McCarraher talks about, among other things, the Manhattan Declaration, Radical Orthodoxy, and Herbert McCabe.

A review of Paul Louis Metzger’s CONSUMING JESUS: BEYOND RACE AND CLASS DIVISIONS IN A CONSUMER CHURCH.

In Part I of this interview, Gregory Wolfe discusses beauty, and in Part II he continues this discussion, riffing on the history of IMAGE journal and the importance of sleeping well.

In Part I of this interview, Gregory Wolfe discusses beauty, and in Part II he continues this discussion, riffing on the history of IMAGE journal and the importance of sleeping well.