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.
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.
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Patricia Lockwood was the daughter of a priest—and everyone knew it.
‘I saw the Catholic Church from the inside, like a tauntaun.’
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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.
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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.
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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.