Practicing Catholic

A personal examination of the Catholic faith, its leaders, and its complicated history by a National Book Award–winning, New York Times -bestselling author. James Carroll turns to the notion of practice—both as a way to learn and a means of improvement—as a lens for this thoughtful and frank look at what it means to be Catholic. He acknowledges the slow and steady transformation of the Church from its darker medieval roots to a more pluralist and inclusive institution, charting along the way sto