Keeping Catholicism Weird, by Anne Hendershott

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By Anne Hendershott, Crisis Magazine, Aug. 5, 2024

Anne Hendershott is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life at Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH. She is the author of The Politics of Envy (Crisis Publications, 2020).

 

Being a faithful Catholic in the modern world seems weird to those who have embraced the modernist radical materialism that permeates so much of the culture.

Anne HendershottBeing a faithful Catholic in the modern world seems weird to those who have embraced the modernist radical materialism that permeates so much of the culture. The recent claims by Kamala Harris and her campaign surrogates that J.D. Vance is “weird” is really a coded attack on his Catholic faith and his belief that what the Church teaches is true.

Most faithful Catholics are used to being viewed as “weird” because of our certainty that Three can be One, that the Holy Eucharist can be the Real Presence of Christ, and that we can believe in what we cannot see. …

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