It has been almost 20 years since I left New Orleans to join the Jesuits, and there are few things I miss more than Holy Week at my home parish.
Catholic Identity
Posted inFaith, News
Should Joe Biden be denied Communion? Democrats and Republicans are divided on the question.
While 55% of Catholic Republicans think the president’s views on abortion should disqualify him from Communion, 87% of Catholic Democrats disagree, according to a new Pew survey.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Inside the very Catholic history of college basketball
John Gasaway examines the entire history of Catholic college basketball in the United States. We see just how many different teams, coaches and athletes have contributed to a reputation for basketball excellence, from the University of San Francisco to Georgetown, Gonzaga and Villanova.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Your guide to the four Jesuit schools in this year’s March Madness
A Jesuit university, Gonzaga, is the #1 seed in the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament. But three other Jesuit schools—Creighton, Loyola Chicago and Georgetown—are also poised for deep March Madness runs.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How Joe Biden observed Ash Wednesday — and his message for Lent
On Ash Wednesday, Joe Biden urged Americans to hold in prayer those who have suffered from the Covid-19 pandemic while “look[ing] with hope and anticipation toward Easter and brighter days ahead.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Mary Gordon on Max Jacob, a (tormented) lover of God
Max Jacob, a poet and painter, reminds us of the complex possibilities of a life lived passionately, ardently, playfully and in torment.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The same Catholics who condemn ‘relativism’ and a ‘culture of death’ have built a deadly, post-truth world
Catholics in the United States who frequently use the expressions “culture of death” and “dictatorship of relativism” increasingly inhabit—and have helped to build—a world that these slogans describe.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The ‘On Eagle’s Wings’ debate is really about how Catholics will treat each other under President Biden
The “On Eagle’s Wings” debate was never just about a hymn. It was about whether Catholics will rip each other apart during the Biden presidency.
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Survey: One-third of Americans say the Covid-19 pandemic has strengthened their faith
According to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, more Americans say the coronavirus pandemic has strengthened their religious faith than those in 13 other nations that possess what Pew called “advanced economies.”
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Amanda Gorman’s Black Catholic parish watched with pride as she delivered the inauguration poem
“We are a community; everyone here is important,” said St. Brigid’s pastor, Josephite Father Kenneth Keke. “Whatever belongs to the parish belongs to everyone; in our parish, the success of anyone is the success of all.”