Jana Riess: Ross Douthat talks about Lyme disease, Catholic suffering and the frontiers of medicine and faith

Seven years ago, The New York Times columnist began a sudden descent to a hellish nightmare of chronic pain. He recounts his experiences of illness and faith in the beautiful memoir “Deep Places.”

(Alessandra Tarantino | The Associated Press) People visit the Sistine Chapel as the Vatican Museum reopens in Rome, Monday, June 1, 2020. In his new book, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat discusses how Catholicism helped him understand suffering.