As the election, the pandemic and racism made headlines across the U.S. last year, priests’ homilies did not mention these events nearly as much as did sermons by Protestant preachers.

The ever-present political talk of who is a good enough Catholic, or who should or should not receive Communion, hits close to home.

The narrator of 'The Great Gatsby,' Nick Carraway, is the focus of Michael Farris Smith's new novel, 'Nick.'

Brendan Hodge's debut novel ‘If You Can Get It’ centers on two young women seeking meaning along the axes of work, love and faith.

“My hope is that the church can use the immense power of its storytelling to move toward more compassion, more kindness.”

Parsing the pros and cons of 'A Canticle for Leibowitz,' the latest selection of the Catholic Book Club.