Why did Church Militant use Marjorie Taylor Greene to attack the U.S. church?
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Posted inFaith, Podcasts
The church exists to evangelize. So why are most Catholics so bad at it?
This week on ’Jesuitical,’ Ashley and Zac talk to Bishop Wack of Pensacola-Tallahassee about praying in public, talking to friends (and strangers) about Jesus and what makes evangelization different from proselytizing.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Bishop Wack: We need more evangelical Catholics
The harsh reality is that if Catholics were graded on our faithfulness to the Great Commission, we might not even get an “A” for effort.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Partisanship is becoming a religion unto itself. How do Catholics respond in the voting booth?
Notre Dame researchers are exploring a surprisingly complex aspect of Catholic life: how Catholics vote. The report focused on the unique pressures and behaviors of “seamless garment” Catholics in making electoral decisions.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Should Catholics worry about bishops disagreeing in public? Or is this part of Pope Francis’ plan?
One year into a three-year global synodal process, we should not expect hot-button issues and their promoters to vanish, nor for public disagreements among Catholics to cease.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Is Pope Francis prepping for doomsday in the church? I hope so.
The institutional Catholic Church as we currently experience it is simply not going to be able to survive, and yet much of our leadership seems content to blame the messenger and insist on business as usual. So what to do?
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Dr. Fauci’s Catholic upbringing prepared him to fight against the AIDS crisis
Dr. Anthony Fauci shares how his Jesuit education shaped his response to the AIDS crisis—and how others in the church failed to meet the moment.
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
‘We are all responsible together for what the church becomes’: Vatican II, synodality and the future of Catholicism
Kenneth Woodward interviews the Rev. Joseph Komonchak, the renowned scholar of the Second Vatican Council, on the council’s impact yesterday and today.
Posted inFaith, News
How Jesuitical is filling a gap in the podcasting (and parish) world for young Catholics
With over a million total downloads, “Jesuitical” has reached listeners globally, grown an online community, found financial supporters and is even hosting a pilgrimage to Italy in September.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What happens when social movements are at odds with Catholic teaching?
It is difficult for a thoughtful Catholic to separate the wheat from the chaff in assessing secular social movements and causes. But we owe it to each other to try.