U.S. Catholicism

Article

‘Without Compassion, I Fear We Are Complicit’

Besides the federal government, Catholic Charities is the country’s largest social-safety-net provider. It’s now facilitating access to food and mental health care.

April 6, 2020

Article

Authentically Black, Truly Catholic

Black people were practicing Catholicism in North America hundreds of years before the United States was founded.

By Tia Noelle Pratt

April 1, 2020

The American Parish Today

U.S. Catholicism

Liturgy

The American Parish Today, part II

In this second special episode on the American parish today, we talk with three writers about their concrete proposals for creating more vibrant, hope-filled parish communities.

The American Parish Today

Article

Are All Welcome?

Churches are spaces for every part of the body of Christ. By not making them accessible to disabled Catholics, we fail in our commitment to universal inclusion.

By Madeline Jarrett

March 30, 2020

The American Parish Today

U.S. Catholicism

Laity

Liturgy

Article

Joy and Strain in Shared Parishes

Linguistic and cultural differences can create tension in shared parishes, but they are also sources of growth, learning, and celebration.

By Brett C. Hoover

March 30, 2020

The American Parish Today

U.S. Catholicism

Laity

The American Parish Today, part I

On this episode we hear from two of the most knowledgeable, hopeful voices in the American church: Susan Bigelow Reynolds, an expert theologian who studies “lived ecclesiology” at the parochial level, and Fr. Hector Madrigal, pastor of the multi-ethnic and multi-lingual St. Joseph’s Church in Amarillo, Texas.

The American Parish Today

Must Reads

Politics

In the Time of Pandemic

The coronavirus crisis will likely demand the kind of collective sacrifice not seen since World War II. It will also challenge how we live together in society.

By The Editors

March 19, 2020

Religion

Living in Isolation

Even if we cannot get to the Eucharist, we can still enact symbols of communion to fight the destructive effects of isolation.

By Timothy Radcliffe

March 27, 2020

Culture

An Act of Service

Quarantine during a pandemic is not demonic. Few Christians would ask for this cup, but we must drink it—to serve God by serving our neighbors.

By Jared Lucky

March 25, 2020

Books

God of the Continental Philosophers

The fit between phenomenology and Catholic philosophy was never perfect. Thus it could appeal to both Catholic and secular philosophers.

By Sarah Shortall

February 28, 2020

Books

Nothing Left Worth Saving

Set in a miserable dystopia, Houellebecq’s latest novel is both thought-provoking and wearying, fronted by a hypercynical yet dangerously nostalgic narrator.

By Phil Klay

February 27, 2020

Collections

The American Parish Today

The U.S. church is not so much in decline as undergoing a profound transition, a reality we can and should joyfully embrace.

By The Editors

March 27, 2020