Plus: Pope Francis and the Latin Mass movement; an Ethiopian nun’s otherworldly compositions; and Rachel Syme on Preston Sturges. View in browser | Update your preferences
Sunday, April 9, 2023
Daily Comment
What’s Behind the Fight Between Pope Francis and the Latin Mass Movement?
The discord has become a stand-in for conflicts over the decline in Catholics’ participation in Mass, over the progressive orientation of Francis’s pontificate, and over Vatican II itself.
By Paul Elie
Culture Dept.
Pop Music
The Otherworldly Compositions of an Ethiopian Nun
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou wrote pieces that were elegiac, but suffused with a sense of survival: we are broken, we are wounded, we carry on.
By Amanda Petrusich
Books
The Profound Surfaces of Preston Sturges
For the filmmaker and master of the screwball comedy, how we presented ourselves was far more interesting than our inner feelings.
By Rachel Syme
Poems
“Loss”
“In a photo snapped before we met, / You’re smiling with no thought of yet.”
By Iris Smyles
Poems
“Morning Song”
“Lucky day / to see what burns and smokes / inside me.”
The pediatrician and best-selling author on the perils of excessive individualism, the moralization of baby sleep, and why when it comes to newborns he’s “a little bit like a priest.”
By Helen Rosner
Fun & Games Dept.
Name Drop
Play the Quiz
Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer?
By Andy Kravis
Cryptic Crossword
The Cryptic Puzzle
Identify the bad conditions in foggy San Diego: eight letters.
By Trip Payne
Daily Shouts
America!: The Easter Bunny, Rebranded for Gen Z
It’s finally here: a climate-conscious, low-low-rise-jean-wearing, TikTok-viral Easter mascot, designed specifically for you youths.
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