Audrey Clare Farley
@audreycfarley.bsky.social
PhD in English literature. Teach at Narratively and Mount St. Mary's. Author of THE UNFIT HEIRESS (2021) and GIRLS & THEIR MONSTERS (2023). Researching the Lamb of God community in Baltimore.
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July 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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My first piece for the @nytimes.com Book Review considers two middle grade novels which are distinct in scope and motivation but aligned in their depictions of rites of passage achieved through the recognition of adult solipsism and corruption.
Here’s a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...
Here’s a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...
These Watery Works Offer Sharks, Thrills and Magic
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My first piece for the @nytimes.com Book Review considers two middle grade novels which are distinct in scope and motivation but aligned in their depictions of rites of passage achieved through the recognition of adult solipsism and corruption.
Here’s a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...
Here’s a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...
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Reminder that a MAGA supporter who wanted to “make the Church great again” shot and killed a priest back in April and people just seem to have forgotten about it.
Man accused of murdering priest is ‘Trump fan who wants to make church great again’
Gary Hermesch, charged with first degree murder over the fatal shooting of Father Arul Sarasala, reportedly wrote to his local paper in praise of the president
www.the-independent.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reminder that a MAGA supporter who wanted to “make the Church great again” shot and killed a priest back in April and people just seem to have forgotten about it.
"Pope Francis put it poetically when he wrote that we must resist 'the temptation to build a culture of walls'...for those 'who raise walls will end up as slaves within the very walls they have built.'" www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: In an era that celebrates cruelty, embrace subversive kindness
Americans were once revolted by the aesthetics of fascism, but many now appear to be entertained.
www.latimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Pope Francis put it poetically when he wrote that we must resist 'the temptation to build a culture of walls'...for those 'who raise walls will end up as slaves within the very walls they have built.'" www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Here's the link to my discussion from "On Point" at @npr.org today about the Global Catholic church with a side bar on how JD Vance knows evangelical theology, but not Catholic theology.
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
The challenges facing the first-ever American pope
The world's 1.4 billion Catholics have a new pope, Leo XIV. But the church he now leads is far from unified. What does the global Catholic church want from a new pope -- and can he deliver it?
www.wbur.org
May 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Here's the link to my discussion from "On Point" at @npr.org today about the Global Catholic church with a side bar on how JD Vance knows evangelical theology, but not Catholic theology.
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
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And yet, it's a poor way to defend democracy when we insist somebody should've saved the voters from themselves.
May 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
And yet, it's a poor way to defend democracy when we insist somebody should've saved the voters from themselves.
"What many of us want is a sense of leadership that is actually moral at the base. That's why Pope Francis had so many admirers who were not Catholic, and that's why it was so moving...so crazily radical...to hear Pope Leo begin with...'peace be with all of you.'"
www.newyorker.com/podcast/crit...
www.newyorker.com/podcast/crit...
The Grand Spectacle of Pope Week
Robert Francis Prevost’s election to the papacy has captivated audiences at the Vatican and online alike. How did the Pope become a pop-cultural symbol?
www.newyorker.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"What many of us want is a sense of leadership that is actually moral at the base. That's why Pope Francis had so many admirers who were not Catholic, and that's why it was so moving...so crazily radical...to hear Pope Leo begin with...'peace be with all of you.'"
www.newyorker.com/podcast/crit...
www.newyorker.com/podcast/crit...
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BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza in his first Sunday noon appeal.
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, a Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages in Sunday appeal
Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff.
bit.ly
May 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza in his first Sunday noon appeal.
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In retrospect, it really seems like this dynamic did, in fact, matter.
Totally get those who argued conclaves are more complicated than simple math (and Leo’s election, a shocker, proves as much), but kinda seems like this was a major factor after all. religionnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
Totally get those who argued conclaves are more complicated than simple math (and Leo’s election, a shocker, proves as much), but kinda seems like this was a major factor after all. religionnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
May 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In retrospect, it really seems like this dynamic did, in fact, matter.
Totally get those who argued conclaves are more complicated than simple math (and Leo’s election, a shocker, proves as much), but kinda seems like this was a major factor after all. religionnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
Totally get those who argued conclaves are more complicated than simple math (and Leo’s election, a shocker, proves as much), but kinda seems like this was a major factor after all. religionnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
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What a joy to speak about Pope Leo XIV on @cnn.com's The Lead with @jaketapper.bsky.social this evening! Jake surprised me by adding a wonderful plug for my book Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor. See the clip on my Dawn Patrol blog: dawneden.blogspot.com/2025/05/i-sp...
May 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
What a joy to speak about Pope Leo XIV on @cnn.com's The Lead with @jaketapper.bsky.social this evening! Jake surprised me by adding a wonderful plug for my book Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor. See the clip on my Dawn Patrol blog: dawneden.blogspot.com/2025/05/i-sp...
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In March 2013, I was at the gym doing squats when my friend Susan (a Muslim) texted me to tell me the new pope was a Jesuit. I told her she must mean Jesuit-educated. She said I was the incorrect one.
How wrong I was, and what an incredible pope he was.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
How wrong I was, and what an incredible pope he was.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Pope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88
Death of 267th head of Catholic church triggers period of global mourning and Vatican conclave of cardinals to elect successor
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In March 2013, I was at the gym doing squats when my friend Susan (a Muslim) texted me to tell me the new pope was a Jesuit. I told her she must mean Jesuit-educated. She said I was the incorrect one.
How wrong I was, and what an incredible pope he was.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
How wrong I was, and what an incredible pope he was.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Praise God for the life & ministry of Francis.
When he was announced in 2013 then-Abp Wilton Gregory, giving analysis on ABC, wept at hearing "Bergoglio." The anchor said, you seem to know something we don't.
Abp Gregory said, "You don't know what you just got."
We do now. Rest, Holy Father.
When he was announced in 2013 then-Abp Wilton Gregory, giving analysis on ABC, wept at hearing "Bergoglio." The anchor said, you seem to know something we don't.
Abp Gregory said, "You don't know what you just got."
We do now. Rest, Holy Father.
April 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Praise God for the life & ministry of Francis.
When he was announced in 2013 then-Abp Wilton Gregory, giving analysis on ABC, wept at hearing "Bergoglio." The anchor said, you seem to know something we don't.
Abp Gregory said, "You don't know what you just got."
We do now. Rest, Holy Father.
When he was announced in 2013 then-Abp Wilton Gregory, giving analysis on ABC, wept at hearing "Bergoglio." The anchor said, you seem to know something we don't.
Abp Gregory said, "You don't know what you just got."
We do now. Rest, Holy Father.
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I have chosen a day within the coming week to skip a meal so I can fast and pray for the safe return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to his wife, their 5-year-old child, & his two stepchildren. Here is a link to a Google Form I have created to help you do the same: forms.gle/MwUkUWJGfDeo... (1 of 3)
April 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I have chosen a day within the coming week to skip a meal so I can fast and pray for the safe return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to his wife, their 5-year-old child, & his two stepchildren. Here is a link to a Google Form I have created to help you do the same: forms.gle/MwUkUWJGfDeo... (1 of 3)
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My latest piece for @washingtonpost.com's Book World is an essay on grief literature, drawing significantly on Lauren Markham's Immemorial (a beautiful book), with some forays into Roland Barthes, and a bit about a tree that I think might remember my late mother.
Here's a gift link: wapo.st/4cqRvrD
Here's a gift link: wapo.st/4cqRvrD
Guest column | Words aren’t enough to describe grief, but they can still be a refuge
For all its agonies and loneliness, grief continually asserts itself as a creative force.
wapo.st
April 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My latest piece for @washingtonpost.com's Book World is an essay on grief literature, drawing significantly on Lauren Markham's Immemorial (a beautiful book), with some forays into Roland Barthes, and a bit about a tree that I think might remember my late mother.
Here's a gift link: wapo.st/4cqRvrD
Here's a gift link: wapo.st/4cqRvrD
The great tragedy of my life was to have been catechized by twenty-somethings (charismatics) so hostile to Vatican II, so ignorant about "tradition," and so sure of their persecution. I feel sorry for the children. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Catholics Who Have to Worship Somewhere Else
How the Latin Mass split the Church
www.theatlantic.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The great tragedy of my life was to have been catechized by twenty-somethings (charismatics) so hostile to Vatican II, so ignorant about "tradition," and so sure of their persecution. I feel sorry for the children. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Cheap eggs, the motherfreaking price of "cheap eggs"...
March 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Cheap eggs, the motherfreaking price of "cheap eggs"...
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A few weeks ago, I argued in the Post that the Trump administration was ushering in a new era of re-segregation.
Now, here we are.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Now, here we are.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A few weeks ago, I argued in the Post that the Trump administration was ushering in a new era of re-segregation.
Now, here we are.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Now, here we are.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The trads tried to fast-track him to his death, but this bad boy still hangs in churches and schools across the world.
March 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The trads tried to fast-track him to his death, but this bad boy still hangs in churches and schools across the world.
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thanks @americamag for this nice review of my book on theology and universities (Orbis Books, November 2024)
“The future of Catholic theology departments in colleges and universities”
www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...
“The future of Catholic theology departments in colleges and universities”
www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...
Review: The future of Catholic theology departments in colleges and universities
Massimo Faggioli's new book asks the question: "What is [theology’s] intrinsic value if it is not rooted somehow to the ongoing development of the life of the church as a community of disciples attemp...
www.americamagazine.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
thanks @americamag for this nice review of my book on theology and universities (Orbis Books, November 2024)
“The future of Catholic theology departments in colleges and universities”
www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...
“The future of Catholic theology departments in colleges and universities”
www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...
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While rural people only make up about 20% of the overall US population, they make up about 44% of the military.
I wish my people would look around and see how much disdain the Republicans show the military and veterans. They lie to you. They hate you. Wake up, friends.
I wish my people would look around and see how much disdain the Republicans show the military and veterans. They lie to you. They hate you. Wake up, friends.
March 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
While rural people only make up about 20% of the overall US population, they make up about 44% of the military.
I wish my people would look around and see how much disdain the Republicans show the military and veterans. They lie to you. They hate you. Wake up, friends.
I wish my people would look around and see how much disdain the Republicans show the military and veterans. They lie to you. They hate you. Wake up, friends.
“How important it is to dream together….By ourselves, we risk seeing mirages, things that are not there.” #FratelliTutti
March 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“How important it is to dream together….By ourselves, we risk seeing mirages, things that are not there.” #FratelliTutti
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I will speak on March 19 at Fairfield University
"Catholics and Antisemitism: Reading Nostra Aetate in 2025"
"Catholics and Antisemitism: Reading Nostra Aetate in 2025"
March 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I will speak on March 19 at Fairfield University
"Catholics and Antisemitism: Reading Nostra Aetate in 2025"
"Catholics and Antisemitism: Reading Nostra Aetate in 2025"
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Planes are crashing because Trump and Musk wanted to cut their own taxes even more.
Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.
Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.
“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated."
"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”
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"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”
EXCLUSIVE ⤵️
FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk's Purge Is a 'Threat' to Air Safety
Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees. The administration argues it won’t affect air safety.
www.rollingstone.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Planes are crashing because Trump and Musk wanted to cut their own taxes even more.
Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.
Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.