The two most recent selections for the Catholic Book Club were novels that originally began as short stories.
Catholic Identity
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Review: Netflix’s ‘Midnight Mass’ is Catholic horror at its best
“Midnight Mass” feels like a throwback to the world that received “The Exorcist” in 1973.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
The Catholic Church needs its own Met Gala
I know what you are thinking—a decadent spectacle of wealth, really, that’s what the church needs right now? But hear me out.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Heroes and saints: 10 powerful books about sports and Catholicism
A diverse cadre of authors and publishers have produced notable books about sports and Catholicism over the last 10 years. Here are some of the best.
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How vaccines became a battle line in the Catholic culture war
On this week’s episode of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Sam Sawyer, S.J., shares what more we can do during the pandemic for ourselves and our neighbors in light of our Catholic moral tradition.
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Review: Short stories that show the wasteland of contemporary American Catholic life, but also a little hope
A journey into the fictional worlds of Joshua Hren in his ‘In The Wine Press’ invites us to consider the character of our own grief and suffering.
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Is Britney Spears a Catholic? The internet has thoughts
Could the singer responsible for making Catholic schoolgirl uniforms a Halloween costume-party staple now herself be Catholic?
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A new book examines Sting’s enduring Catholic imagination
Evyatar Marienberg, a historian of religion at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, has written a book about Sting’s Catholic imagination and how it fueled his creativity.
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Ten American Catholic athletes to watch for in the Tokyo Olympics
As Team U.S.A. heads to Tokyo, keep an eye on these athletes and all of the Olympians whose faith inspires them in competition.
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221,000 German Catholics left the church during the pandemic
In the coronavirus year 2020, fewer Christians left the church in Germany than in previous years, two church organizations reported on Wednesday.