“I’ve joked with friends: I’ll come back to the church when it restores the old Mass—celebrated by women priests.”
Catholic Identity
Posted inFaith, Features
Young Nigerians are connecting with Pentecostal churches. Will they return to Catholicism?
On university campuses in Nigeria, the competition for souls can be fierce.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Hipster Catholics get a handbook
When it comes to defining what makes Catholicism hipster, a new book argues that being Catholic is hipster in itself.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
How do you nudge a religious ‘none’ into a Catholic? Here’s one possible way.
In this book, part autobiography and part explanation of his Catholic faith, Vogt proposes the truth, the goodness and the beauty of Catholicism.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
What does it mean to be a black Catholic in 2017?
African-Americans have a deep and troubling history with the Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Does a Catholic play belong at The Stonewall Inn?
If we want to heal the division between the church and the gay community, we have to meet them, humbly, where they are.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
This year’s Met Gala is Catholic-themed. What could go wrong?
It’s more likely that gala attendees will be taking inspiration from the lavish outfits favored by Pope Benedict than the sartorially understated Pope Francis.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Free birth control coverage restored at University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame is reversing itself and now telling employees they will continue to receive no-cost birth control coverage.
Posted inFaith, News
Canonization process begins for Black Elk, the Native American who merged Lakota and Catholic culture
For 50 years, Nicholas Black Elk led others to Christ, often melding his Lakota culture into his Christian life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Ghosts of Toni Morrison: A Catholic writer confronts the legacy of slavery
This year, Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon” turn 30 and 40, respectively. What role did the author’s conversion to Catholicism play in her writing?