Flora x. Tang

Flora x. Tang is a doctoral student in theology and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on post-traumatic sacramental theology, Asian American literature and queer theology.

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The novel that will change your mind about video game stereotypes

Book review: In Gabrielle Zevin's novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, video games are channels of healing, imagination and love.

Michelle Yeoh, left, stars in a scene from the movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once." (OSV News/A24)

In 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' a multiverse of absurdity meets intergenerational healing

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" doesn't offer a rosy picture of reconciliation, and neither does the story of my own family, or most families. Yet it is in the messiness of life that we move closer to healing.

An icon of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus is seen at Mar Sarkis monastery in Maaloula, Syria. (Wikimedia Commons/Iyad Al Ghafari)

What queer theory taught me about the saints

There is an unofficial canon of queer Catholic saints. Those who know it, know it. Queer Catholicism demands a spiritual practice of bold imagination and history-searching despite what is recorded.

A banner hangs outside St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City following an annual "Pre-Pride Festive Mass" June 26, 2021. The liturgy, hosted by the parish's LGBT Ministry, is traditionally celebrated on the eve of the city's Pride march.

Celebrate Pride Month with books that honor all as 'wonderfully made'

These books remind us of the many faces of queer joy, sorrow, resistance and hope in our churches and in our world — and the many imageries of God that transcend our imagination.

Flora x. Tang named her second foster kitty Iggy — after St. Ignatius of Loyola. (Courtesy of Flora x. Tang)

Pope's comments are about more than pets. They reinforce the church's narrow view on reproduction and marriage.

Pope Francis' view that couples who choose not to have children are selfish show the church's failure to acknowledge life-giving vocations of people who serve in ways other than childbirth or adoption.

A woman offers her confession to a priest in California in a 2019 file photo. (CNS/Chaz Muth)

What if you experience harm instead of healing in the confessional?

Commentary: Countless Catholics on social media have shared experiences of harm by priests in the confessional booth — verbal and spiritual abuse, sexism, inappropriate conduct and out-of-touch priestly counsel.

From left, Steven Yeun, Alan S. Kim, Yuh-Jung Youn, Yeri Han and Noel Cho in "Minari" (Courtesy of A24/Josh Ethan Johnson)

In Lee Isaac Chung's 'Minari,' faith is difficult but persistent

Movie review: "Minari," set in the 1980s, raises questions about belonging, immigration and the American dream as the movie follows the struggle of a young Korean American family who have relocated to rural Arkansas.

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