What Horror Films Have to Say About God
Scary movies may appear irreverent or profane—but many of them are deeply interested in theological questions.
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Screen Archives / Getty Another Battle Between the Catholic Church and the Trump Administration
The Church has fought the government multiple times to ensure that detained migrants have access to sacraments.
Andrew Aitchison / Corbis / Getty How the Catholic Church Is Rethinking War
Just-war theory, which has guided Vatican teaching for centuries, may be on its way out.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP / Getty; Universal History Archive / Getty. When George W. Bush Defended Muslim Americans
The former president spoke highly of Islam after 9/11—a posture that MAGA has abandoned.
Larry Downing / Reuters Why Are So Many People Listening to a Podcast About Living in a Convent?
Dominican Sisters Open Mic has gone viral, in part because of its hosts’ unabashed joy.
Rosem Morton The Catholic Church’s New Schism
The Vatican excommunicated 700 arch-traditionalist bishops and priests—a rupture that touches on broader disputes in the Church today.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Harold Cunningham / Getty; Riccardo De Luca / Anadolu / Getty. Odysseus’s Confession
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster seems at times more biblical than Homeric.
Melinda Sue Gordon / Universal Pictures The Religion That’s Very Ready for Aliens
Disclosure Day treats extraterrestrial life as a challenge to faith. It’s not.
Universal Pictures / Everett Collection The Origins of Alcohol as a Muse
The complicated relationship that plagued some literary savants
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Getty. Pope Leo’s Pro-Life Challenge to Conservative Catholics
The Church’s resistance to war and its support for migrants stem from the same principles as its opposition to abortion.
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