Father George Elliot discusses his latest book on vocational discernment and the power of prayer in determining God’s will.
Catholic Identity
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How my Catholic identity has been challenged—and enriched—by social justice
Christianity is not a collection of abstract principles that can be reduced to parsing and defending faceless propositions.
Posted inFaith, Features
What Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish can teach us about American Catholicism
What has football contributed to American Catholicism? What has Catholicism contributed to American football? For Catholics, it is particularly worth revisiting Notre Dame’s unique story.
Posted inFaith, News
There’s a map for that: GoodLands launches Catholic GeoHub
Molly Burhans has a treasure trove of information about the global Catholic Church and she’s giving the public the maps to find it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The Catholic Book Club: From ‘Catholic Modern’ to ‘Say Nothing’
Kevin Spinale, S.J., the moderator of the Catholic Book Club, led discussions of two very different books this spring and summer. The first, ‘Catholic Modern,’ by James Chappel, is a heady look at how the church remade itself at a time of social and political upheaval. The second, ‘Say Nothing,’ by Patrick Radden Keefe, is a gripping account of some of the key players in the period in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.
Posted inFaith, GoodNews
Venezuelan priest becomes social media sensation with Scripture video series
Capuchin Franciscan Father Luis Antonio Salazar is breaking with traditional ways of preaching and bringing the Gospel to thousands of cellphone users each week through an Instagram video series called “Vivir el Evangelio,” or “Living the Gospel.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
Writer Joseph Pearce on the case for Shakespeare’s Catholicism
Mr. Pearce, an English-born Catholic critic, talks about the latest developments in research on Shakespeare’s faith life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The unknown story of Czech priest, Tomáš Halík
This book, the story of a Czech priest working under communist oppression, constitutes a profound reflection on the 1989 collapse of communism and the liberation of the Czech people.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Malcolm Gladwell talks casuistry and Catholicism with the hosts of Jesuitical
Malcolm Gladwell joins the hosts of Jesuitical for a conversation about his experience in thinking like a Jesuit.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
El Paso remains a resilient, welcoming community despite recent gun violence
When local Catholic leaders Sept. 23 welcomed a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, including lay ministers who tend to migrants in various parts of the U.S., they proudly spoke of the “DNA” of the El Paso community, one that doesn’t treat those who aren’t from the area as strangers.