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What I Lost When I Gave Up My Catholicism

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 24, 2025

The Catholic Church and the Trump Administration Are Not Getting Along

Elizabeth Bruenig

November 6, 2025

Illustration of multicolored stained glass depicting Christian imagery and an armed policeman

The First Millennial Saint

September 6, 2025

‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’

Claire Porter Robbins

August 1, 2025

A 6-year-old is affected by severe food shortages in western Gaza on July 27, 2025.

The Vatican Knows an ‘Industrial Revolution’ When It Sees One

Charles C. Camosy and Mariele Courtois

June 20, 2025

A graphic illustration showing a black-and-white photo of Pope Leo XIV overlaid with an electrical-circuit pattern, such as one found on a computer chip.

A Way to Understand Pope Leo XIV’s Mission of Love

Arthur C. Brooks

May 29, 2025

An illustration of a white-robed priest making a sign of peace and wearing a pendant with a smiling face

The Conclave Just Did the Unthinkable

Francis X. Rocca

May 8, 2025

Pope Leo XIV, flanked by two other high-ranking Catholic leaders

Time-Travel Thursdays

The Papacy Is No Ordinary Succession

May 8, 2025

Three sets of hands lifted in prayer and holding a homily

The Real Legacy of Pope Francis

Matthew Walther

April 21, 2025

A photo of Pope Francis

The Papacy Is Forever Changed

Francis X. Rocca

April 21, 2025

Pope Francis waves.

The Catholics Who Have to Worship Somewhere Else

Francis X. Rocca

April 9, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Saint Peter's Basilica from a low angle

What to Make of Miracles

Judith Shulevitz

Black-and-white illustration with an etching of a biblical woman visited by the empty white silhouette of a winged angel

What the Border-Hawk Catholics Get Wrong

March 18, 2025

A photo of Pope Francis superimposed on Catholic art

The Atlantic Daily

A Novel About a Father’s Choice

March 9, 2025

A man and a child standing atop a mountain

The Saint America Needs Now

February 2025 Issue

Illustration with 3 arched black-and-white images of St. Francis on red background: hand holding cross; head with halo; hand raised

‘Dumbed-Down Catholicism Was a Disaster’

December 11, 2024

A photo-illustration in which Bishop Robert Barron overlays Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Even Worse Than The Da Vinci Code

Matthew Schmitz

November 17, 2024

Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave"

Why Pope Francis’s Recent Decree Shook the Catholic Church

Michael J. O’Loughlin

February 6, 2024

A rainbow-colored light shining down into a dark space

On The Atlantic’s June Cover, James Carroll Urges the Catholic Church to“Abolish the Priesthood”

May 17, 2019

Raised Catholic

Chimamanda Adichie

October 14, 2015

The Church of the Holy Trinity in Onitsha, Nigeria