Voices
Nick Ripatrazone has written for Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, The Paris Review and Esquire. His books include Ember Days, a collection of stories and Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction.
Arts & CultureTelevision
“Midnight Mass” feels like a throwback to the world that received “The Exorcist” in 1973.
Arts & CultureTelevision
“The Art of Political Murder” reveals what happened when the government finally had enough of Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera.
FaithFeatures
The single life is a sacred vocation—and it’s more fulfilling than our culture leads you to believe.
A willingness to recognize the holiness of the ordinary might be the highest ideal of the solitary life.
Arts & CultureBooks
If you think being a writer is nerve-wracking, try being a reviewer.
FaithFaith in Focus
Bobcats, bears, foxes, hares, deer, raccoons, birds and the occasional coyote: Each day we capture wildlife on our trail camera, and my twin daughters continually become more entranced by animals.
Arts & CulturePoetry
In the mid-20th century, several women religious were writing and publishing ambitious poetry.
FaithFaith in Focus
I am getting a window into the daily lives of my daughters, and I truly understand what my wife has always told me: Catholic schooling has defined her view of the world.
Arts & CultureIdeas
The television series about an urban Catholic church was groundbreaking, and there has been nothing like it since.
Arts & CultureTelevision
It is a great set up for a television series—and yes, the comparisons to Scully and Mulder are warranted.
Arts & CultureBooks
"An Orchestra of Minorities" is a profoundly tragic story of ambition and despair and how both come from the struggle to love.