I Wish My Mother Were Here to See Pope Francis
The Pope’s first U.S. visit inspires the “SNL” alum to reflect on the most influential person in her life: her late mother, a woman who spent years reconciling her feminism with her Catholic faith.
Catholicism
Even My Dad Thinks I Have Daddy Issues
For this writer, coming to terms with her shame meant disappointing her father. And realizing it was worth it.
Is Pope Francis a Punk?
Maybe the alliance between proto-punk goddess Patti Smith and the Pope isn’t so strange: After all, this is a Catholic leader who just ripped into the Vatican for their "spiritual Alzheimer's."