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Catholic Fiction at Its Height: The Case for Contemplative Realism

Catholic fiction is an elusive thing. It evades all easy attempts at definition. It’s not fiction about Catholicism. It’s not fiction that promotes Catholicism. And, to make matters worse, Flannery O’Connor, perhaps the foremost American Catholic fiction writer, said that “the Catholic novelist doesn’t have to be a saint; he Read more…

By Daniel Staudt, 2 monthsMarch 3, 2026 ago
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