There is only so much room—in our houses, in our hearts. At some point, we have got to let go.
Nick Ripatrazone
Nick Ripatrazone has written for Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, The Paris Review and Esquire. His books include Ember Days, a collection of stories and Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction.
Posted inArts & Culture, Faith
Usain Bolt is the greatest Catholic athlete in the world.
Usain Bolt has become a living legend in a track event that is known for creating superstars. His pre- and post-race rituals are purely Catholic, and yet the faith of one of the world’s most talked-about athletes is an open secret.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Patricia Lockwood was the daughter of a priest—and everyone knew it.
‘I saw the Catholic Church from the inside, like a tauntaun.’
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
In Netflix’s “The Keepers,” a nun’s unsolved murder tears apart a Catholic community
Sister Cathy Cesnik went missing one night in 1969. The case remains unsolved.
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A brilliant 17th century nun is brought to life on Netflix
Sor Juana Inés found both tension and sustenance in her religious life.
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The Young Pope: The Catholic art that Catholics need (but might not want).
Jude Law gives us a nuanced portrait of a too easily satirized character: the Catholic cleric.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Sports and Morality: When Death comes to the JV basketball star
Maybe that’s the subconscious appeal of sports: how we might tempt death through a game.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Shards of Faith
In the years following World War II and continuing after the Second Vatican Council, to be an American Catholic novelist often meant to be lapsed.