THERE are no living American Catholics who are major writers. By two rules of thumb I suggest that American Catholic writers have been found wanting: individually they have failed to produce (1) a ...

Nick Ripatrazone, a New Jersey based Catholic writer of narrative nonfiction, is pictured in an undated photo. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Jen Ripatrazone) Listen New Jersey native Nick Ripatrazone ...

Editor’s note: The following essay appeared in the Dec. 7, 1935 issue of America. I had the good fortune the other night to dine (in the best Catholic tradition) with two outstanding Catholic writers.

There are currently a number of devoutly Catholic authors who happen to be writing fiction that is about the supernatural and, in particular, about vampires. Why have these women chosen supernatural ...

The Art of Encounter conference seeks to respond to Francis’ call to “widen the tent” in order to welcome individuals and groups marginalized within the Catholic community because of gender, sexual ...

I’m not asking the above question, mind you. Myles Connolly asked and answered it in something of a jeremiad in the pages of America eight decades ago—and yet some of his criticisms remain relevant ...

The award-winning Black feminist author Toni Morrison converted to Roman Catholicism in her teens, taking Anthony as her baptismal name and using Toni as a pen name. She wrote fiction featuring ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The table is too small for the dozen writers gathered in a coffeehouse on St. Paul’s trendy Grand Avenue. As they sip their specialty coffees, all ears are attuned to one young woman ...

Joshua Hren, a fiction writer and publisher of Wiseblood Books, is seen in this undated photo. He is the co-founder of a new online master’s degree program in writing Catholic fiction and poetry at ...

In 'A Theology of Fiction,' Cassandra Nelson explores the legacy of Sr. Mariella Gable, who argued that fiction could be both Catholic and quality literature. Gable's advocacy for literature sometimes ...

Following are NCR reader responses to recent news articles, opinion columns and theological essays with letters that have been edited for length and clarity. Trump's assault on the free press It is ...