S. Karly Kehoe is Associate Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities at Saint Mary’s University. This interview is based on her new book, Empire and Emancipation: Scottish and Irish Catholics at the Atlantic Fringe, 1780-1850...
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Unlike Evangelicals, Catholics have a high vaccination rate
A significant number of evangelicals do not want to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Catholics, on the other hand, have a high vaccination rate. Here is Robert David Sullivan at America: In an attempt to more closely examine the link between...
Pope Francis’s scathing critique of American life
Yesterday at The New York Times, Pope Francis published an excerpt of his new book Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future. He offers a devastating critique of the selfishness that we Americans try to pass off as...
Thomas Howard, RIP
Catholic writer Thomas Howard has died. When evangelicals of a certain age think about Howard several things may come to mind: He is the brother of Elisabeth Elliott, the husband of Jim Elliott, one of the evangelical missionaries killed by...
Notre Dame president tests positive for COVID-19 after visiting the White House
Fr. John Jenkins, the president of the University of Notre Dame, has tested positive for COVID-19. He was at the White House last week for the announcement of Amy Coney Barret as Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. Here is...
More on charismatic Catholicism
In our continuing efforts to make sense of Amy Coney Barrett’s religious community, here is my friend Matthew Schmalz, professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, on the charismatic Catholicism that informs People of Praise. Catholic...
People of Praise and South Bend, Indiana
Over at Politico, Adam Wren writes about the relationship between People of Praise and the city of South Bend, Indiana. Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court has brought attention to this small Catholic community. Here is a taste...
Local coverage of the South Bend People of Praise community, 1977
Sun, Aug 7, 1977 – 30 · The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) · Newspapers.com Later today Trump is expected to announce his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court....
Amy Coney Barrett and the People of Praise
It looks like Trump will nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court later today. Over the next several weeks, Senators and pundits will want to know more about People of Praise, a Catholic charismatic group in which the Barrett...
Watch Springsteen’s convocation address at Boston College
Get up to speed at the end of this post. If you don’t want to watch the entire thing, here are the highlights: Context: (For more on Created and Called for Community at Messiah University click here)....
A new Springsteen album is almost here
It is titled “Letter to You.” There are also rumors that a song off the album will drop tomorrow. Here is Jay Lustig at NJArts.net: Though there has been no official announcement, it appears that the next Bruce Springsteen album...
The “moral complexity” of Junipero Serra
Father Junipero Serra, a Franciscan priest who established some of the earliest Spanish missions in California, has been under attack of late. On June 19, 2020, activists pulled-down a Serra statue in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The following day,...
What is happening at *Sojourners*?
Aysha Khan at Religion News Service is reporting that the progressive Christian magazine Sojourners has replaced Jim Wallis as editor in chief and “announced a new policy of editorial independence from the organization’s advocacy work.” Wallis founded Sojourners and is President...
The Trump campaign calls evangelicals to take its “Official Catholics for Trump Priorities Survey”
First, the GOP platform condemns the sitting president, and now this: Maybe Trump should take some of the money he uses flying back and forth between the White House and Mar-a-Lago to hire a proofreader....
Catholic Archbishop of Washington D.C. Condemns Trump’s Visit to John Paul II Memorial Today
Today, in an attempt to shore-up his support among Roman Catholics, Donald Trump visited the John Paul II National Shrine in Washington D.C. America magazine has it covered here. Here is Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory: I find it baffling and...
Tampa Bay Catholics and Evangelicals Discuss Climate Change
I am happy to see these local conversations taking place. Here is the Tampa Bay Times: On the fifth anniversary of an historic papal document about the environment and as the coronavirus continues to imperil the world, a panel of Catholic...
Has Cardinal Timothy Dolan Compromised His Moral Clarity?
John Gehring, the Catholic Program Director for Faith in Public Life, thinks so. Here is a taste of his piece at the New York Daily News: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and other prominent Catholic bishops should ask themselves whether...
Joe Biden and the Catholic and Evangelical Vote
How will Catholics respond to Joe Biden in 2020? John Gehrig, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life, has some thoughts. Here is a taste of his piece at Religion News Service: Data from the 2018 midterm election analyzed...
Pope Francis to Open Records of Pope Pius XII’s Papacy
The records of Pope Pius XII will be open to scholars next March. If you want to know why this is important check out David Kertzer‘s piece at The Atlantic: “The Secrets That Might Be Hiding in the Vatican’s Archives.” Here...
Theodore McCarrick Will Always Be a Priest
Over at The Conversation, Mathew Schmalz of the College of Holy Cross explains why the disgraced Catholic bishop Theodore McCarrick will continue to be a priest despite his recent defrocking. Here is a taste: The Vatican recently “defrocked” Theodore McCarrick, a former...