Author - Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Rebecca Bratten Weiss joined U.S. Catholic in 2022 as digital editor. She also cohosts the magazine’s award-winning podcast Glad You Asked and contributes to the column The Examined Life. She is a regular contributor at the National Catholic Reporter and has also written for The Christian Century, Commonweal, America, Plough, Image, and Messy Jesus Business. Rebecca is the author of The Books That Made Us: Deconstructing the Modern Christian Classics (Orbis), recipient of the 2025 Award Of Excellence from the Best of Church Press Awards.She has also published poetry in numerous journals, and in three chapbook collections. Her writing explores the intersection of religion, culture, gender, and ecology. Prior to working at U.S. Catholic she has worked as a reporting journalist, channel manager for Patheos Catholic, and as a university instructor in literature and philosophy. She has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in philosophy from Franciscan University and a master’s degree in literature from the University of Dallas.