Noelle Mering
Fellow
Noelle Mering is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in the Life and Family Initiative.
Noelle Mering is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in the Life and Family Initiative. She is the author of Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology, co-author of the Theology of Home book series, and author of the forthcoming book No Contact: How a Seductive Ideology Broke Families and Friendships and How We Can Repair Them.
A columnist for the Catholic Herald, her writing has appeared in Newsweek, National Review, The Federalist, The Daily Wire, and National Catholic Register. She has been featured several times on Fox News, EWTN, Relevant Radio, and in various documentaries including Jesus Thirsts. She is a frequent speaker on issues of family, culture, and political ideology, with appearances at venues including the Napa Institute, SEEK Conference, and the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
She holds an M.A. in philosophy from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she was the recipient of the Bishop John King Mussio Award. Noelle lives in California with her husband and is the mother of six.
From childless by choice to parental regret
Noelle Mering
A new genre of cultural confession has emerged: mothers publicly expressing regret for having children. A recent article in The Cut featured several…
Articles
The Catholic Herald / April 15, 2026
Modern Fertility Technology Is Overriding Our Moral Compass
Noelle Mering
While studying the menu at an elegant restaurant in Mexico City, I overheard women at a table next to ours…
Articles
The Federalist / March 16, 2026
The interior life in an age of outrage
Noelle Mering
After Communion, as the choir began the simple Taizé chant Adoramus te, Christe, I found myself praying for a mother a…
Articles
The Catholic Herald / March 1, 2026
Hospitality as a way of life
Noelle Mering
Between the feasting of Christmastide and the fasting of Lent lies ordinary life without a clear script. During the holidays,…
Articles
The Catholic Herald / February 4, 2026
Cutting Off Your Parents Is Identity Politics, Not ‘Boundaries’
Noelle Mering
The practice of severing family often takes on an authoritarian tenor that presumes the adult child cutting contact is always right.
Articles
The Federalist / January 5, 2026
What young converts are really looking for
Noelle Mering
Amid news of the wave of young adults coming into the Church this past year, I asked a friend, a…
Articles
The Catholic Herald / January 2, 2026
The Tilma, false gods, and the fate of our age
Noelle Mering
When Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to the peasant Juan Diego in 1531, Mesoamerica stood at a crossroads. The Aztec…
Articles
The Catholic Herald / December 12, 2025
On pilgrimage with Noelle Mering, author of ‘Awake, Not Woke’
Noelle Mering
Where would you go? I’m co-leading a pilgrimage to Poland this year, otherwise, that might have been my first choice….
Interviews
The Catholic Herald / July 6, 2025
What We Need Now
Noelle Mering
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 8—The Papal Interregnum
Articles
First Things / May 6, 2025
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 8—The Papal Interregnum
Francis X. Maier, Noelle Mering
Carnal and Holy, Sacred and Profane by Francis X. Maier The Basilica of San Clemente is one of Rome’s treasures….
Articles
First Things / May 6, 2025