The work of choosing and being a godparent can lead to hurt feelings, dashed expectations—and the occasional influx of unexpected grace.
Catholic Identity
Posted inDispatches, Faith
More than 3,000 Latino Catholics expected at Encuentro gathering
Encuentro, which means “Encounter,” is an initiative from the U.S. bishops that seeks to better serve the growing Latin American community and will continue through 2020.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Dear fellow Catholics: the church needs you now more than ever
What do we do now? What happens next? We stay Catholic.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
No, there is not a “civil war” in the Catholic Church
People do not have the time or money or energy to be angry at popes or angry at people who are angry at popes.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
What’s the answer to millennial fears? Trusting Jesus.
The closer you are to Christ, the more confidently you can trust your instincts.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
How Flannery O’Connor found her art—and her God—in letters
Letter writing is a genre O’Connor would master after she was diagnosed with lupus and exiled to her mother’s farm.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
What makes a journal of opinion?
Why we publish opinions you probably won’t agree with.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The tragedy of Joyce Kilmer, the Catholic poet killed in World War I
The celebrated writer is best known for his 1913 poem “Trees.”
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How “Humanae Vitae” helped one nun find her feminist voice
So what does it matter what a celibate woman thinks about contraception?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The restless soul of Anthony Burgess
Though ‘lapsed,’ the prolific author was obsessed with the church.