Zac Davis

Associate Editor and Sr. Director of Digital @americamag, cohost of @jesuiticalshow. @LoyolaChicago alum.

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

My column from the @USCCB in Baltimore this week in @americamag

When it mattered, the bishops came through. And maybe it’s time to retire (or at least update) a few narratives we have about division within the conference and with Rome

https://t.co/uKfJ72MGM4

[sarah miller @sarahlovescali]

I’m just going to keep giving zero fucks about Catholicism forever if that’s ok

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

Great essay on Catholics and reading from @jamestkeane
"No one reads anymore. But you should if you want to be a good Catholic."
https://t.co/xDtX8yyK4R

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

@johnamonaco @CatholicPods All really well said, John.

I think that trying to quantify spirituality is a manifestation of our desire to exert control over God’s breaking into our lives. Of course, we can facilitate it, but grace is a wild thing

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

@crousselle congrats!!

[Jonathan Liedl @JLLiedl]

Here's what I mean. In seminary, a lot of your time is spent:
-praying the office in choir
-doing academic coursework
-living w/a bunch of dudes
This is fantastic preparation for religious life. It's less clear to me how good of prep it is for contemporary parish life.

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

@peterswindal @PhilOutsider Hey Peter I was actually at the Harvard of the Midwest, Loyola University Chicago.

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

I cried the first time I went to a Traditional Latin Mass. I saw an unparalleled reverence for the sacred. It hammered home, for the first time, that I was part of a celebration of “these sacred mysteries.”

But do you know what else the Latin Mass did for me?

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

As we arrive at 5 years since Pope Francis restricted the TLM with "Traditionis Custodes," I'm revisiting what I wrote and thought about it then.

You can get a more thorough explanation of why I loved the TLM, but ultimately understand why it had to be restricted, in my essay in @americamag
https://t.co/o9MvmEjYEw

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

It made me bitter and arrogant. It made me think I had the more ancient, therefore holier, therefore better way to practice my faith. I would make jokes about the “Novus Ordo” and speculate about the day the church might even do away with vernacular liturgy, considering it a failed experiment.

I found a lot of security in the (very flawed) idea that “Catholicism is an ancient, unchanging faith. This is the most ancient, unchanging way to live it out.”

[Zach Kram @zachkram]

Timing of Argentina's winners in the knockout rounds:

vs. Cape Verde: 111th minute
vs. Egypt: 92nd minute (stoppage time)
vs. Switzerland: 112th minute
vs. England: 92nd minute (stoppage time)

They haven't led after 90 minutes of any knockout game. But they're in the final.

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

Sorry to be a dumb American but what is the point of hosting the World Cup if the most meaningful games get played during the middle of the work day on Tuesday and Wednesday

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

@JLLiedl Between TC and Summorum Pontificum, which do you think was more of an aberration to the more consistent papal thinking (post Vat II) on the question?

And does this framing even matter?

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

IGNORE YOUR EYES. OBEY OUR SENSOR IN THE BALL

[FIFA Media @fifamedia]

Before England’s goal in minute 45+2 against Norway, the sensor in the Connected Ball showed no peak in the 'heartbeat of the ball' when in the air, and therefore no evidence that the ball touched the overhead wire and changed the movement of the ball.

[David Polansky @polanskydj]

Nobody reads, and nobody drinks, and nobody has kids anymore, but on the other hand everyone is miserable now.

[U.S. Bishops Tracker @USBishopsData]

18 ordinaries are currently 75 or older, five of which are metropolitans. No more ordinaries turn 75 until November. Six will turn 75 from November 9-February 17. We’re just starting a pretty large window to catch up on appointments before more letters of resignation get sent to Rome.

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

Lots of big changes still coming for the U.S. Catholic Church

[U.S. Bishops Tracker @USBishopsData]

Here is a breakdown of the current superannuated (diocesan ordinary in active ministry past his 75th year) bishops and vacant dioceses and eparchies as of July 6, 2026: 🧵

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

One of my dream rule changes for American football is that whoever carries the ball into the end zone for a touchdown should be the person to kick the extra point

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

The player who is fouled is the one who should take the penalty.

[Zac Davis @zacdayvis]

We should be able to do a *little* corruption at the World Cup

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card.

FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

FIFA sources insist White House influence could not affect the decision due to the powers contained in Article 27 and the independent nature of the disciplinary panel.