A popular meme portrays Jesus as always judgmental, always making a sales pitch. But as a human being, he enjoyed friendship for its own sake.
Catholic Identity
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
We live in the age of anti-heroes. But few can top John Kennedy Toole’s Ignatius J. Reilly.
John Kennedy Toole’s only novel was published after his death—but quickly became a classic of American comic fiction.
Posted inFaith, GoodNews
The joy of wearing Catholic socks
Starting with Pope Francis footwear in 2017, Sock Religious now makes and sells products honoring Mother Teresa, St. Ignatius, and all manner of Catholic heroes.
Posted inFaith, News
Two men face felonies in fire that destroyed historic Catholic Church in West Virginia
More than two weeks after a 145-year-old Catholic church was destroyed by fire, law enforcement officials announced that two suspects were arrested and charged with felonies for a blaze officials confirmed was arson.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
I asked an AI art generator to draw Catholicism in 20 different ways. Here’s what I learned.
I spent an evening running the word “Catholicism” through the 20+ filters of a popular AI image generator. The results were both stunning and revelatory.
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Alice McDermott and the Brooklyn Irish Catholic community that inspired her writing
In her eight novels and many short stories, Alice McDermott has brought a distinctly Catholic imagination to her fiction—but not in the same way as her forebears.
Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point
From 1943: William Lynch on the Catholic imagination
In 1943, William F. Lynch, S.J., tackled a question many America writers would explore before and after: Is there such a thing as a Catholic imagination?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How do pollsters decide who’s a ‘devout’ Catholic?
Abortion polls tell part of the story.
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From 1986: Andre Dubus on being a Catholic writer in a country that lost religion
A wide-ranging interview with Andre Dubus on literary influences, faith and the process of writing.