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To live the gospel, be ready to flip some tables

2 days ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

Last March, I was invited to offer a Lenten reflection at St. Thomas More in Atlanta. I was also honored to give the keynote address at the Fortunate and Faithful Families Retreat—a gathering for LGBTQ+ Catholics, their parents, and their families. Throughout that weekend, questions echoed again and again: What do we need to keep going in our ministry? And even more urgently: How do we continue this work amid the rising challenges our communities face?
For LGBTQ+ Catholics, Pope Francis’ message of love endures

3 days ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

“We have to find a way to help that father or that mother to stand by their [LGBTQ+] son or daughter.” (Pope Francis, in an interview with La Nacion, December 2014) Said in 2014, these words would become Pope Francis’ legacy for LGBTQ+ Catholics around the world—a commitment to fostering a church that supports not just LGBTQ+ people but their parents, their siblings, their loved ones; a church that teaches the communities around us to love us through action and call us by the names we choose...
Young men on the toxic masculinity infecting our politics

4 days ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

Listen on: Apple | SpotifyThis episode of Just Politics sounds a little different—and that’s the point. Rather than diving into our usual policy discussion, hosts Colin and Eilis pass the mic to a group of young men wrestling with one of the most pervasive forces shaping our political and cultural moment: toxic masculinity.
Young people are seeking connection. Can the church respond?

4 days ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

In 2016, theologian Jeff Keuss joined a national research effort funded by the Lilly Endowment to explore a pressing question: Why were so many young adults turning away from religion? “It wasn’t a million-dollar question,” Keuss says. “It was a $55 million question.” He was one of 12 principal investigators studying the shifting religious landscape among 22- to 29-year-olds—the largest demographic cohort at the time, but the least likely to attend churches, mosques, or synagogues.
A reflection for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

5 days ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

Acts 12:1 – 11Psalm 34:2 – 3, 4 – 5, 6 – 7, 8 – 92 Timothy 4:6 – 8, 17 – 18Matthew 16:13 – 19Challenges come to us in myriads of ways and often leave us incapacitated, with little possibility of success. Instinctively, under such circumstances, we seek the help of family members, relatives, friends, the community, or anyone we believe has the capacity and means to offer the support and the presence we need.
Pope Francis brought a fierce urgency to economic justice

5 days ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, I was working as an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). I watched the screen as a cardinal came onto the balcony to announce that Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a Jesuit, had been elected pope and had taken the name Francis. A tingle went down my spine. I knew this would have profound implications for the world—and indeed for my own life. Trained as an economist, I always had some interest in Catholic social teaching.
Memoir writing offers a chance to seek divine insight

1 week ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

After drafting my first formal memoir, You Lied to Me About God: A Memoir (North Atlantic Books), I shared it with one of my assistants, Katie Dougherty Zuercher, to proofread. Her first comment brought a smile to my face: “What if we all wrote our memoirs simply to share them with others in our lives? To get to know each other better?” Katie’s suggestion speaks to the true eloquence of memoir: the inherently healing power of having our stories witnessed by at least one other person.
Japanese Breakfast’s new album weaves myth with meditation

1 week ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

Japanese Breakfast rocketed into our music world in 2013. Founder/vocalist/guitarist Michelle Zauner formed the group as a side project, naming it after a GIF animation. A year later, she moved home to care for her dying mother, and the indie pop Japanese Breakfast became an outlet for her grief and her attempts to reconcile different parts of her own identity. While Zauner’s lyrics wrestle with deep feelings, the tempo of the music has largely stayed, well, hopeful.
Can the church make space for women to lead?

1 week ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

“Ballet is a woman,” famously declared George Balanchine, the legendary choreographer who helped make The Nutcracker a holiday staple. At first glance, ballet appears to center women: Most dancers are female, most children in ballet classes are girls, and the audience is largely made up of women. Yet behind the curtain, power still skews male.
In Catholic media, a woman’s place is everywhere

1 week ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter

In 1885, a 21-year-old Pennsylvania woman named Elizabeth Jane Cochran saw a column in the Pittsburgh Dispatch arguing that women exist primarily to have children and keep house. Her written response was so impressive, the editor offered her a job. Under the pseudonym Nellie Bly—the name she’s known by today—she began investigating the plight of women factory workers. The factory owners complained, and Bly was reassigned to write society pieces, supposedly the appropriate beat for a woman.