Stalked by The Plague, ‘The Maiden of All Our Desires’ Follows a Medieval Abbey at a Time When Monastic Life Was a Refuge for Women
A woman disappears, “taken by wind.” A one-eyed priest frantically carves a feminine-looking crucifix for…
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Religious Leaders Need ‘Empty the Pews’ Which Chronicles the Darker Side of the ‘Nones’ Phenomenon
In 2020, the rise of the so-called religious “Nones”—those who claim no religious affiliation—has evolved…
Read MoreExclusive: Columnist Jonathan Merritt on his Sudden Departure From Religion News Service
I was happy to let the story pass under the radar and to move on, but I felt, as a journalist, I needed to set the record straight.
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Popesplaining: Women Remain “Strawberries” in Francis’s Book on Happiness
As we inch toward Christmas, it’s no surprise to hear that Americans are miserable. Any…
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Welcoming the Stranger: Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus Speaks Out on DACA
The Constitution doesn’t say “we the citizens,” it says “we the people.”
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Union Busting for God: Catholic Colleges Invoke “Religious Freedom” to Violate Catholic Teaching
The 2013 death of 83-year-old Duquesne University adjunct Margaret Mary Vojtko helped open up a…
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Meeting on the Bridge: Fr. James Martin’s Ministry to LGBT Catholics Becomes a Book
A few years ago, the idea of a “celebrity Jesuit” would have puzzled most Americans….
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Catholic Citizenship: Massimo Faggioli on the Role of Public Theologians Today
Massimo Faggioli’s new book, Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century,…
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I Was a Stranger: New York Activists Stage a Lenten Action for Sanctuary
Every Friday in Lent, a group of activists has stood outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in…
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Rejecting the Stranger: Why Rod Dreher’s Vision of Communal Christian Life Is Not So Benedictine After All
Neither an idealized Christian past nor a narrative that envisions a persecuted Christian future are going to create real and lasting communities.
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