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JesuiticalDecember 06, 2024
A woman wearing a white veil sits in a pew during Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City May 15, 2023. (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac are joined by Madeleine Kearns, an associate editor at The Free Press, and the author of a recently reported article, “The Young Catholic Women Bringing Back Veils.” Maddy shares how the veil boom evokes a “lost type of Catholicism” that satisfies the desire for reverence challenged by the reforms of Vatican II.

They discuss:

  • The motivations of young women who veil—from personal expressions of piety and nostalgia to political posturing
  • Whether individual practices of worship impact communal worship in the church
  • How young people engage with the “sacred space” of Mass today

In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss a Brooklyn priest wrapped up in scandals involving a federal corruption investigation, New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams and pop star Sabrina Carpenter. Plus: Environmentalists in Italy try (and fail) to stop Pope Francis from cutting down a Christmas tree to decorate St. Peter’s Square.

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