Eleutheria By Allegra Hyde (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2022) Allegra Hyde’s debut novel, Eleutheria, grapples with big questions about human hope and...
Author - Matt Kappadakunnel
Let’s be real: Parenting is hard. I love being a parent, and it’s by far the most challenging, demanding, and sacrificial part of my life. It’s perfectly fine...
Batter Up: Answering the Call of Faith & Fatherhood James R. Walters (New City Press, 2022) Now that I am a father of two young children, I see the world...
Readings (Year C): Isaiah 66:10 – 14cPsalms 66:1 – 3, 4 – 5, 6 – 7, 16, 20Galatians 6:14 – 18Luke 10:1 – 12, 17 –...
Subversive Habits By Shannen Dee Williams (Duke University Press, 2022) I recently found a book I received as a first communion gift. It is about famous...
For those discerning the priesthood and religious life, celibacy is often one of the main barriers to entry. I spent the latter half of my undergraduate career...
Dust in the Blood By Jessica Coblentz (Liturgical Press Academic, 2022) “There are some things one knows from living them, even suffering them, and the story...
I recently wrote on the various models Pope Francis offers to call us to work toward unity in the church by engaging those we disagree with. If effectively put...
Every day on social media, Catholics can find no shortage of issues to disagree on. A cursory review of heated topics includes abortion, racism, LGBTQ people...