Catherine Kalaitis

And you're not coming to Catholic theology looking for a justification for your oftentimes very traditional worldview that has been created and that you're reacting to within the context of American cultural politics. I think that is the core difference. These are people who come to Catholicism looking for a certain paradigm that is

And you're not coming to Catholic theology looking for a justification for your oftentimes very traditional worldview that has been created and that you're reacting to within the context of American cultural politics. I think that is the core difference. These are people who come to Catholicism looking for a certain paradigm that is

You know, completely part and parcel of the American cultural context and of the American culture wars of the past 50 plus years.

You know, completely part and parcel of the American cultural context and of the American culture wars of the past 50 plus years.

You know, completely part and parcel of the American cultural context and of the American culture wars of the past 50 plus years.

Absolutely. That is exactly the difference, right? If you think about your Nona's Catholicism, it was probably a lot about community and about going to Mass because it comforts you and charity a lot. This is a Catholicism and a religiosity that is in many ways taking the most draconian and text-based... aspects of evangelical Protestantism, right? It's a lot of like Thomas Aquinas and St.

Absolutely. That is exactly the difference, right? If you think about your Nona's Catholicism, it was probably a lot about community and about going to Mass because it comforts you and charity a lot. This is a Catholicism and a religiosity that is in many ways taking the most draconian and text-based... aspects of evangelical Protestantism, right? It's a lot of like Thomas Aquinas and St.

Absolutely. That is exactly the difference, right? If you think about your Nona's Catholicism, it was probably a lot about community and about going to Mass because it comforts you and charity a lot. This is a Catholicism and a religiosity that is in many ways taking the most draconian and text-based... aspects of evangelical Protestantism, right? It's a lot of like Thomas Aquinas and St.

Augustine and quoting Latin, which is very divorced from the way most cradle Catholics experience their Catholicism.

Augustine and quoting Latin, which is very divorced from the way most cradle Catholics experience their Catholicism.

Augustine and quoting Latin, which is very divorced from the way most cradle Catholics experience their Catholicism.

I mean, I think online is a definite place that gets experienced the most, oftentimes because cradle Catholics don't really run across these converts unless they're online. Parishes tend to be pretty divided between cradle and convert Catholics. So you have these kind of historical parishes in communities or largely immigrant parishes where cradle Catholics are going.

I mean, I think online is a definite place that gets experienced the most, oftentimes because cradle Catholics don't really run across these converts unless they're online. Parishes tend to be pretty divided between cradle and convert Catholics. So you have these kind of historical parishes in communities or largely immigrant parishes where cradle Catholics are going.

I mean, I think online is a definite place that gets experienced the most, oftentimes because cradle Catholics don't really run across these converts unless they're online. Parishes tend to be pretty divided between cradle and convert Catholics. So you have these kind of historical parishes in communities or largely immigrant parishes where cradle Catholics are going.

And then you have these convert parishes, essentially. So in real life, these people aren't often encountering each other. And then they encounter each other online. And I think there's some real shock on the part of a lot of cradle Catholics and on the part of convert Catholics, right? Because I think there's some disappointment when you convert to this kind of

And then you have these convert parishes, essentially. So in real life, these people aren't often encountering each other. And then they encounter each other online. And I think there's some real shock on the part of a lot of cradle Catholics and on the part of convert Catholics, right? Because I think there's some disappointment when you convert to this kind of

And then you have these convert parishes, essentially. So in real life, these people aren't often encountering each other. And then they encounter each other online. And I think there's some real shock on the part of a lot of cradle Catholics and on the part of convert Catholics, right? Because I think there's some disappointment when you convert to this kind of

what you think is this idealized medieval whatever you've made up in your head, and then you encounter real people who just do not understand this thing the same way you do.

what you think is this idealized medieval whatever you've made up in your head, and then you encounter real people who just do not understand this thing the same way you do.

what you think is this idealized medieval whatever you've made up in your head, and then you encounter real people who just do not understand this thing the same way you do.