The recent death of musician Robbie Robertson provides an opportunity to look at the impeccable legacy of The Band, one of the most influential musical groups of the late 1960s and early 1970s. In a new essay, Our Sunday Visitor columnist Kenneth
In Della Owens’ best-selling novel “Where the Crawdads Sing,” which tells the story of a young girl surviving alone on the swampy coastline of North Carolina, readers are challenged to examine the quality of their own moral convictions. Our Sunday Visitor columnist
Columnist Kenneth Craycraft reflects on the new film “Oppenheimer,” which looks at the life of atomic scientist Robert Oppenheimer and the project he directed to create the world’s first atomic bomb. In the film, Craycraft writes, the character of Oppenheimer “veers between
In July of 1948 Evelyn Waugh reviewed Graham Greene's new novel, "The Heart of the Matter" for "Commonweal" magazine. Waugh used the opportunity not merely to review the book, but to discuss the purpose of the Catholic artist. "There are … Catholics
Every year, Americans celebrate Independence Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On this day, we affirm the Declaration’s assertion that humans are endowed with unalienable rights to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” and that the
In his latest album, “Weathervanes,” Americana singer/songwriter Jason Isbell explores deeply the subjects of loss and love. Columnist Kenneth Craycraft calls the album a “masterpiece of moral reflection”: “Through spare but vivid narratives, Isbell’s songs are filled with sharply drawn characters living
This morning, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case of a former mailman who sued the U.S. Postal Service over being forced to work on Sundays. Consistent with its general approach in recent years, Kenneth Craycraft writes for Our
June 2023 marks the 500th anniversary of one of the most cruelly ironic publications in the history of the Catholic Church, St. Thomas More's "Response to Luther." It was his first major expressly theological work and his entrance into the complex religious
In his latest album, “Shadow Kingdom,” Bob Dylan offers a mesmerizing portrayal of an artist whose work is never finished. Our Sunday Visitor columnist Kenneth Craycraft explores Dylan’s album, in which the veteran singer/songwriter reimagines pieces from his catalog and makes them
With Season 3 of the Apple+ streaming show “Ted Lasso” having recently finished, writer Kenneth Craycraft looks at what made the show so special — and so Catholic. He writes: “The show is built around the fundamental Catholic principle of the solidarity