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Seven tips for new Catholics, from one convert to another
Nathan Schneider April 22, 2019
Welcome! Christ is risen.
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I didn’t need a degree in theology to convert. Being Catholic just felt right.
Reilly Cosgrove April 21, 2019
Most converts I know have an elevator speech on why they became Catholic. My Catholicism just sort of “happened.”
Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954). Self-Portrait as a Tehuana, 1943. Oil on hardboard, 30 x 24 in. (76 x 61 cm). The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation. © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Arts & CultureArt
The Catholic art of Frida Kahlo
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell April 19, 2019
Kahlo’s paintings, the vast majority of which are self-portraits, are rife with self-revelation,
FaithFaith in Focus
The spire of Notre Dame has fallen, but our faith endures
Edward W. Schmidt, S.J. April 16, 2019
We will continue to write our stories, in glass and in stone, perhaps, but also in how we live our lives with others and for others.
Politics & SocietyLast Take
What is the role of the Catholic press?
Thurston N. Davis April 05, 2019
From 1955: How wide should the concerns of the Catholic journalist be?
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Couple creates a new scholarship for L.G.B.T. Catholics
Michael J. O’Loughlin April 02, 2019
Dismayed by the negative messages L.G.B.T. Catholics often face regarding their place in the church, Greg Bourke and Michael De Leon decided to take action.
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