I was raised Catholic. I know the strategy. The first-class seats are at the end of the pew.
Catholic Identity
Posted inFaith, Features
What a Rust Belt quest for a missing statue taught me about devotion.
What a missing statue and a Rust Belt quest taught me about devotion.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Parishes should welcome women who feel unheard, Catholic leaders say in response to ‘America’ survey
“Women’s perspectives should be at the heart of conversations about how to build up the church,” said Kim Daniels.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
Andy Warhol goes to the Vatican
The Vatican Museums and the Andy Warhol Museum are finalizing a dual exhibition of Warhol’s religious works in Rome.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Getting Latino life—and religion—right on ‘One Day at a Time’
“One Day at a Time,” which follows a Cuban-American family in Los Angeles, was inspired by Gloria Calderón Kellet’s own life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Dominican slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo on sex, identity and Catholicism
In “The Poet X,” Elizabeth Acevedo captures the complicated relationship many Dominicans have with Catholicism, particularly focusing on the ways in which faith can affect women.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why we get angry at other Catholics who don’t know what we know
(And what the Gospel says we should do instead)
Posted inFaith, Features
The humble, indispensable women leading the Catholic Church you’ve (probably) never heard of
The church may benefit from a more deliberate effort to reach out to Catholic women.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
For Catholic women, the relationship between faith and politics is subtle—and sometimes in conflict
Few Catholic women say they look to the church for help in deciding how to vote, even while about half say Catholic teaching on key political issues is important to them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Investigating Mystery: The Fictional Journeys of Kirstin Valdez Quade
While Kirstin Valdez Quade’s stories frequently feature Catholic characters, she says her relationship to the church “has always been a little bit complicated.”