Jordan Wood did not think he had shared his views on hell that widely. An academic and Catholic convert, he had appeared on some podcasts and participated in a...
Author - Don Clemmer
My dad and I communicate largely through rock ’n’ roll. It’s easier than direct conversation. In my early teens, I discovered the riches of his generation’s...
“The Body of Christ.” These words are so ubiquitous in the life of Catholics going up to receive communion that they risk being taken for granted. This is...
Looking ahead to the new year in those final weeks of 2024, I found myself laying the groundwork for what became something of a family social experiment. With...
My grandma would have been 99 in September. She made it to April 22, outliving Pope Francis by one day. She was never his biggest fan. The arc of Grandma’s...
Since first grade, my daughter’s best friend has been a boy. They share what Dr. Seuss called “compatible weirdness”—cracking each other up with drawings or...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kirby Hoberg noticed that her pastor began to give, in her words, “a lot of strange homilies.” These included “homilies that...
The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, O.S.A. as Pope Leo XIV represents a profound milestone in the life of the Catholic Church, with a U.S.-born prelate...
Papabile, n., pl. papabili: Colloquial term coined by Italian media to reference a cardinal or other official of the Catholic Church who could potentially be...
