The observation is frequently made that Catholicism is a religion of “both/and” rather than “either/or” — that at its best, the tradition tends to reconcile apparent contradictions rather than simply elevating one position over another. As usual, G.K. Chesterton put it beautifully: Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites, by keeping them both, and keeping them both furious. (more…) Read more
I started out yawning at the Pope Francis cover at Rolling Stone. Then I read it, and was frustrated and saddened. But after a day of trying to ignore it, and hoping that I wouldn’t have to bother writing about it (and with a helpful challenge from another Patheos blogger), I think it might deserve more than just a dismissal. (more…) Read more
Look at your bookshelf. Take stock of the titles. Now narrow them down: How many of the books there were written by Catholics? …Got it? Now, among those, ignore the theological titles from your undergrad years, along with any titles you’d consider “devotional.” In other words, how many of those books are novels, testimonials, or collections of poetry? And now, the final filter: How many were written in the past forty years? (more…) Read more
[C]ommunication is ultimately a human rather than technological achievement. — Pope Francis Welcome to The Jesuit Post on Patheos. (more…) Read more
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