Being Catholic Now

Some of America&;s most extraordinary celebrities, artists, and thinkers reveal what they believe Catholicism is&;and what it should beIn this illuminating collection that redefines an ancient institution in the most contemporary of terms, human-rights activist Kerry Kennedy asks thirty-seven American Catholics to speak candidly about their own faith&;whether lost, recovered, or deepened&;and about their feelings regarding the way the Church hierarchy is moving forward. &;Has something to say to almost every Catholic, or even one-time Catholic, who cracks open its pages. . . . One finishes the book feeling grateful for [Kennedy&;s] subjects&; honesty and moved in a hundred different ways by what they reveal of their aspirations and struggles.&;&;National Catholic Reporter&;Revealing . . . offers an unusually intimate view of how much being raised Catholic shapes the identity of many prominent Americans, but also how much tension many feel with the institutional church.&;&;Boston Globe