Though piercing doubts and discontents surface in “The Saviors,” one never gets the sense that the playwright has an anti-clerical axe to grind.
Catholic Identity
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‘Nun girl summer’: Explaining the viral trend that shines a spotlight on Catholic sisters
As the term “Nun Girl Summer” has become popularized online, it’s come to represent an attitude towards life—informed by the spirit of women religious, but not exclusive to them.
Posted inFeatures
After the Revival: How Ohio State is preparing a wave of Catholic converts for life in ordinary time
73 students became Catholic at Ohio State this year. Are parishes ready to welcome them?
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Spain vs. Argentina: a very Catholic World Cup final
From the tournament’s origins to the faith openly lived by players and coaches on both sides, this final carries a distinctly Catholic dimension.
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After SSPX excommunications, traditionalist Catholics face a difficult choice
Risk schism—or ‘come home’ to Rome?
Posted inDispatches
Meet Britain’s first Catholic prime minister in 500 years
No Roman Catholic has occupied the role of chief minister to the English crown since the 1550s. Andy Burnham is about to change that.
Posted inThe Good Word
What JD Vance’s conversion can teach us about the parable of the wheat and weeds
JD Vance’s new memoir perfectly illustrates that it’s the company we keep, the soil in which we choose to implant ourselves, that truly matters.
Posted inYour Take
Our readers on ‘performative piety’: Why liturgy is not a space for self-expression
”I will try and remember this essay and focus on a great gift I am about to receive rather than what other people are doing.”
Posted inShort Take
The new know-nothings? Anti-Catholic political rhetoric is making a comeback
At least one prominent Christian nationalist leader envisions an America in which a “Virgin Mary parade” would be illegal.
Posted inBooks
Andre Dubus’s ‘A Father’s Story’: a short story with theological heft
For Andre Dubus, writing was a question of deciphering what was happening in the lives of his characters and translating that for others to see and understand—all of which can be seen clearly in “A Father’s Story.”