Our Lady, who stood weeping at her son’s crucifixion, surely weeps for the cathedral dedicated to her name.
Zac Davis
Zac Davis is an associate editor and the senior director for digital strategy for America. He also co-hosts the podcast, Jesuitical.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Should Catholics care about what happens at the Vatican?
Could paying attention to the Vatican regularly become a spiritual practice and put the headlines you see about the church in context?
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
Marquette’s Markus Howard is changing the way athletes talk about mental health
Are we closer to ending the stigma surrounding mental health care?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean prays—on and off the court
A conversation with the celebrity sister of college basketball
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How should we react to Michael Cohen’s imperfect contrition?
Was Michael Cohen’s soul searching authentic or merely convenient? It’s a question at least as much about sin as about political strategy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
What in the hell? How Vinson Cunningham imagines the afterlife
A discussion on our first memories of hell, how it still impacts our lives and our culture, and why it might be easier to describe hell than heaven.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Live from Australia: How young Catholics are changing the church
We look at the Synod’s final document and talk about what still needs to be done to have young people lead in the Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Why are the bishops praying about the abuse crisis instead of doing something about it?
Catholics have every right to demand action, but there must be discernment and prayer before making decisions. Then comes the courage to enact necessary change.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Sister Helen Prejean fought the death penalty—and won
We talk to Sister Helen about how “sneaky Jesus” changed her life forever.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Stephen Markley’s ‘Ohio’ is the novel you need to read to understand the Midwest today.
Stephen Markley’s new novel is an intimate, long look at a single night in New Canaan, a fictional “corn and rust” town set somewhere between central and northeast Ohio.