Matthew Sutton’s ‘Chosen Land’ addresses American religious history as one of a luxurious pluralism—but he often crosses the line into a perhaps-overdone editorial voice that grates on the reader.
Evangelization
Posted inFeatures
Major-League Mass: When chaplains, players and staff gather for prayer, ballparks become cathedrals.
Masses and other religious services are not what one might expect to find in a baseball stadium—but for many MLB players, they are a Sunday pregame staple.
Posted inDispatches
Spanish bishops denounce emotional manipulation in evangelization
The bishops‘ note warns that an “emotional bombardment” employed as part of some methods of evangelization can become a form of spiritual abuse or promote an “emotional reductionist” form of Catholic spirituality.
Posted inFaith and Reason
The church Pope Francis left us
Welcome to the Catholicism of the rest of our lives.
Posted inLast Take
The Holy Spirit on the move: On the growing religious participation of Gen Z
Any revival might play out over a long period, just as the decline did. Our job is to accompany young adults who are hungry for faith.
Posted inFaith in Focus
A Catholic revival at Indiana University
As tremendous as the football team’s success has been for Indiana University, the significant growth we are experiencing is cause for even greater celebration. And the growth we are experiencing at I.U. is happening at Catholic universities all over the country.
Posted inNews
Is there a Catholic revival? Pope Leo seems to think so.
While research points to skepticism regarding a possible Catholic “revival”—following years of steady decrease in the number of faithful as parents struggle to pass down the faith to the new generations—some recent data and reports from Catholic dioceses have suggested growth in some pockets of Catholicism worldwide.
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis
“Archbishop Fulton Sheen was one of the greatest voices of evangelization in the Church and the world in the 20th century,” Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria said.
Posted inCatholic Book Club
Remembering Bill Burrows: a scholar who supported—and critiqued—the Catholic missionary movement
When William R. Burrows died last week, many a theologian and missionary remembered him as an important voice—and a valuable intellectual support for many decades—for his work in publishing and promoting works in the study of mission.
Posted inShort Take
How Gen Z Catholicism is growing in the digital age
Catholicism can thrive in internet spaces where opinions are regularly challenged, examined and assessed by diverse audiences.