He seemed to know everyone at the Holy See, and it showed in his reporting for the National Catholic Reporter and his website, Crux, though some said he grew too close to his sources.
Category: Religion and Belief
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Lamorna Ash Goes From a D.J. Set to Church, and Back Again
When the writer Lamorna Ash set out to explore young people’s relationship to faith and religion, she found herself questioning her own.
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I Want to Share My Faith With My Grandson, Not Convert Him
Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who feels constrained about sharing her beliefs.
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Has Theater Become Everybody’s Church?
New shows by Jen Tullock, Jordan E. Cooper and others have a common theme: You can walk away from the church, but the songs stay with you.
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Regina Hall and Sheila E. Share a Birthday — and So Much More
The “One Battle After Another” actor and the Grammy award-winning musician on trusting God, playing against type and getting lost in the music.
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Yusuf Islam Wants to Explain Himself
As Cat Stevens, he helped define the singer-songwriter. After converting to Islam, he became a lightning rod. His new memoir explores it all.
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I Don’t Know if I Believe in God, but I Believe in Gospel Music
How music convinced a religious skeptic to rethink faith.
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The Pope Returns to Castel Gandolfo for Summer. And There Will Be Tennis.
For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the town a bit bereft.
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Celestial Recycling Is Helping Mormons Dispose of Their Religious Garments Respectfully
Celestial Recycling is helping answer that very question for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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I Searched the World’s Holiest Places for a God
When I was growing up in India, gods and religions seemed to be everywhere. But I needed to find faith my own way.
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What a New American Citizen Learned on Route 66
A writer drove from Chicago to L.A. to see what it truly means to belong to a place.