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Searching For Divine Love: On the Literary Landscape of Conversion Experiences

Searching For Divine Love: On the Literary Landscape of Conversion Experiences

Terry Nguyen Explores the Intersection of Faith, Desire and Belonging

By Terry Nguyen | July 23, 2025

Sodom and Gomorrah on Celluloid: How the Hays Code Took the Sex Out of Hollywood

Sodom and Gomorrah on Celluloid: How the Hays Code Took the Sex Out of Hollywood

Michael Koresky on the Influence of Catholic Moralism in the Early Days of American Film

By Michael Koresky | June 24, 2025

You Don’t Have to Believe in God to Find Hope in Pope Leo

You Don’t Have to Believe in God to Find Hope in Pope Leo

“A world without hope is a world on the brink. And we are teetering.”

By Aron Solomon | May 9, 2025

An Immodest Proposal: How Britain’s Relentless Imperialism Created the Irish Potato Famine

An Immodest Proposal: How Britain’s Relentless Imperialism Created the Irish Potato Famine

Padraic X. Scanlan on Jonathan Swift, Colonization, and Dispossession

By Padraic X. Scanlan | May 7, 2025

From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

Ali Watkins on Vincent Conlon’s Secret Life in the United States as an Operative and Gun-Running Irish Rebel

By Ali Watkins | March 11, 2025

How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

Henry Hemming on Bloody Sunday, Frank Hegarty, and Life in the IRA

By Henry Hemming | April 15, 2024

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Steven Toussaint Considers the Melding of Ambivalence and Political Commitment

By Steven Toussaint | May 16, 2022

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How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

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By Kaya Oakes | November 30, 2021

We All Know Columbus Didn’t Discover America—So How Did He Become a Symbol of Its Founding?

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By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | August 25, 2021

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Grace Perry on Her High School Years, Catholicism, and the 2004 Teen Classic

By Grace Perry | June 2, 2021

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What Does It Take to Be Granted Sainthood?

What Does It Take to Be Granted Sainthood?

Following Emil Kapaun's Journey from Kansas to the Vatican

By joedrape | December 2, 2020

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