Mere chance led me to tune into NPR at noon only to find myself caught up for a riveting fifty-three minutes. The program, "Speaking of Faith," in conjunction with the Pope's visit asked Catholics to submit essays on their own Catholic experience. A number were selected and asked to read their essays for the program. The result is a wonderful range of articulate, joyful, searching, doubtful Catholics.Each segment is a small gem, and I encourage listening to the 53 minutes here -- much more food for the soul than 60 Minutes (and no commercials!).One of my favorite lines is from the last speaker, a "fallen away" Catholic, who still attends Mass, because being Catholic "is profound and it never goes away."And she always finds herself weeping at the "Agnus Dei." (And, no, it's not the singing.)

Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is a longtime Commonweal contributor.

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