Over the past few years, some Catholic publishers have reintroduced classic spiritual writings to a new generation. That is a tremendous gift. Today, when so many of us Catholics seem inordinately ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the 8/30/1997 issue of America. Two years ago America published a collection of 25 brief essays by a number of notable personalities (9/30/95).

In God of War Ragnarök, hell is frozen over. Maybe you expected something a bit more traditional: a steaming hot morass, soaked in lava and packed with throngs of monsters who want nothing more than ...