A new talk by the pope, as well as “Evangelii Gaudium,” gives clues to his thinking about the thesis of a new book by Rod Dreher.
Catholic Identity
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
My Big Fat Very Catholic Dream Wedding
Are you a Sorta Catholic? Symptoms include: residual guilt, love for Pope Francis, alternating between church and SoulCycle Sundays. This week’s guest is a Sorta Catholic who wound up having a Very Catholic Wedding. Tracey Wigfield won an Emmy as a writer for “30 Rock” and is a graduate of Boston College (you can decide […]
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Jean-Luc Marion: The dilemmas of Catholic voters in France and beyond
My point is that the Catholics in France have to realize that no candidate can match the real expectations of Catholic voters.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Junot Díaz talks Dominican identity, immigration and the (complicated) American Dream
The American dream is at the center of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Díaz.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Macron-Le Pen runoff reveals fault lines in French Catholic revival
There is considerable overlap between French conservatives and French Catholics.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Sorta Catholic’s Very Catholic Wedding
Turns out, like having a kid or climbing Mount Everest or doing anything worth doing, you can’t sorta get married.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
An unexpected Easter conversion on the Camino
I was the Jewish equivalent of a Christmas-and-Easter Christian. Then I met Jesus on the trail.
Posted inFaith, Features
Zombie Catholics vs. French Secularism
The rise of “zombie Catholics” in French politics may indicate a renewed energy in the French church.
Posted inFaith, Features
Lessons on evangelization from the largest parish in the United States
With 10,000 families and 7,000 volunteers, this megaparish has some novel challenges and opportunities.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What Rod Dreher gets right in “The Benedict Option” is just as important as what he gets wrong.
Patrick Gilger, S.J., reviews “The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation” by Rod Dreher.