To mark Jesuitical’s five-year anniversary, we are looking back on what we have learned from our guests—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—about navigating the modern world as people of faith.
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, Podcasts
What did Pope Francis actually say about having pets or kids?
To see headlines suggesting that not having kids is in some way selfish would be painful. But did Pope Francis really say that?
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
Was Jesus a ‘glutton and a drunkard’? No, but he loved a good feast.
A Reflection for the Friday of the Second Week of Advent
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Aaron Rodgers’s Selfish Gnosticism about Covid-19
Aaron Rodgers has provided a powerful reminder that religious problems like clericalism and gnosticism are not confined to the religious world.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Father Greg Boyle: Moral outrage can feel good. But it does nothing to heal our divided world.
God doesn’t share in our outrage. God only invites us to kinship and connection.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Early Takeaways: Pope Francis on Biden, Bishops, Abortion and Communion
The hosts of “Jesuitical,” Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis, discuss Pope Francis’ advice to bishops deciding whether or not to deny Communion to politicians who support abortion.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The Spiritual Strength of Simone Biles
Simone Biles is widely acknowledged as the greatest gymnast of all time. In light of her decision to withdraw from the individual all-around gymnastics competition, it’s time to acknowledge her new public role of spiritual director.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Tabloids, scandal and spying: The U.S. Catholic Church has hit a new, dangerous low point.
Rare is the story that manages to be so depressing in so many ways. A recent report about a Catholic priest allegedly using an app for sexual activity is one of them.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I once fell in love with the Latin Mass—which is why I understand why Pope Francis restricted it.
The Latin Mass gave me a hunger for beauty and a reverence for the sacred. It also made me bitter and arrogant.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: In Phil Klay’s ‘Missionaries’ God and violence meet in America’s forever-wars
With his debut novel, Phil Klay lays out our country’s new way of waging war, without clear beginnings, middles or ends and without clear moral goods and evils.