Most recently, she has surfaced once again into greater popular awareness in both revered and critical light. O’Connor’s lovingly detailed renderings of the mid-20th-century American South, brutally funny characterizations and Southern accent-a musicality that renders her stories incantations-have endeared her to readers for decades. Yet her writing is perennially relevant, especially in difficult moments. She peeks from behind the shadows, easy to miss among ecclesial elites. The photo reflects something of O’Connor’s presence in public consciousness-and in the minds of many Catholics. Her pursed lips, plastic-rimmed glasses and appraising expression contrast with the expressions of the other women in the photo, who smile gently. A shadow covers her face as she stares into the distance, past the priests and even Pope Pius XII himself.
In an installment of Bishop Robert Barron’s film series “ Catholicism: The Pivotal Players,” Flannery O’Connor, on a pilgrimage to Rome, stands behind a cluster of clerics.
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