Their Catholicism was not incidental to their theories and their art; it was their structure, their spirit and their sustenance.
Catholic Identity
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
What’s it like being Catholic at The New York Times?
In our final Jesuitical episode of 2017, we talk with my fellow Bronxite and award-winning journalist at The New York Times, David Gonzalez. Born and raised in the South Bronx to Puerto Rican immigrants, David was raised Catholic and attended Cardinal Hayes High School. Since the 1970s, he has been snapping pictures of people and […]
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Can’t wait till the 25th? For Filipinos celebrating Simbang Gabi, Christmas comes early.
Simbang Gabi speaks to the central place that Christmas holds in the Filipino imagination.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Black Catholics are the past and future of the U.S. church
When you think about the history of American Catholicism, images of Irish, Italian, German and Polish immigrant parishes probably come to mind. Think about the future of the U.S. church, and you’ve probably been told it’s Latino. But the story of the church, in the United States—past, present and future—is the story of black Catholics. […]
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Black Catholics are the past and future of the U.S. church
The story of the church, in the United States—past, present and future—is the story of black Catholics.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
An ex-Catholic Quaker on the beauty (and danger) of the Latin Mass
“I’ve joked with friends: I’ll come back to the church when it restores the old Mass—celebrated by women priests.”
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.