In 1944, the then-22-year-old Father Luigi Giussani gave a homily on the Feast of Saint Stephen , expounding on his theology of Christian charity, which he would later flesh out in his numerous theological works. […]
I decided to introduce our school field trip to the Cabrini Shrine and the Met Cloisters with the following message: Most people today live as if the things we do, objects we use, and people […]
On the feast of St. Teresa of Avila, I’m reminded of Pope Benedict XVI fascinating commentary on metabasis–the trajectory of charity as “departure from oneself”–in the second volume of his renowned Jesus of Nazareth series: […]
You’re sitting in the middle of a class that you find to be even more boring than a phone with a dead battery. You keep checking the time, praying that it will all finish faster. […]
On February 5th, the Latin Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Agatha, who was born in Sicily in 231. Among the more well-off of the Christian minority during the Roman times, Agatha’s parents consecrated her […]
It’s hard to deny the inherent attractiveness of the Church’s liturgical and artistic legacy, especially in an historical moment thirsting for beauty. The trend of young people drawn to the Tridentine Latin Mass and other […]
“You must have a cigarette.” wrote Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray. “A cigarette is a perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can […]
While walking recently through Andy Warhol: Revelation at the Brooklyn Museum, I came across a display of Warhol’s holy card collection. One of them included a card of Pope St. Paul VI. “I wonder if […]
Pope Francis has developed a reputation for upsetting people across the cultural spectrum with his “hot takes,” which while often being ambiguous and sometimes imprudent, always have a level of truth in them that ought […]
In honor of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I decided to rewatch Alfonso Cuarón’s semi-autobiographical film Roma. Many reviewers have highlighted the connection between the main character Cleo (based on Cuarón’s childhood nanny) […]
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