April 2020
Vol. 85, No. 4
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Features
Semana Santa
By Joseph Sorrentino
Every Holy Week in Mexico City, young men of deep faith serve as living witnesses to the power of Jesus’ sacrifice.
From death into life
by Valerie Zehl
More Catholics are choosing “green burials” in hope of leaving a lighter footprint after death.
Essays
Hopeful resistance
by Father Joe Fitzgerald, C.M.
True ecological conversion must go deeper than our Western worldview.
Joined in prayer
by Patrick Gallagher
This Lent, remember all of Abraham’s faithful descendants in the Good Friday intercessions.
Sounding Board
Pastel colors and paschal candles
by Emily Sanna
Just like Easter eggs, Catholics’ Easter traditions come in many shades.
Expert Witness
Indisposable
an interview with Sasha Adkins
Nothing is disposable—neither our stuff nor the people who produce it—says this environmental professor.
Practicing Catholic
Rinse, pray, repeat
by Susan Salaz
To clear your head, meet God at the kitchen sink.
Columns
The Examined Life: Our Peace, our world
By Meghan J. Clark
Build a world based on love, not fear.
Margin Notes: Beloved
By Kevin Clarke
Pope Francis has a dream.
Culture in Context: Dashed dreams
By Jessica Mesman
Women’s expectations have changed during Gen X’s lifetime, but the world hasn’t kept pace.
Home Faith: After the fall
By Annemarie Scobey-Polacheck
When Jesus fell, Simon was there to pick up the cross–no questions asked.
Testaments: You are what you eat
By Alice Camille
Do we fix our hungers on wordly fare or fill ourselves with the life Jesus offers?
