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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
