Film & Music

Faith and doubt in the films of Martin Scorsese

February 24, 2017 Filip Mazurczak 3

Martin Scorsese’s latest film, his adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence, has provoked mixed reactions from Catholic reviewers, from adulation to criticism. Indeed, the film—which deals with Jesuit missionaries in Japan during times of extreme […]

Essay

The end of the Catholic state?

February 20, 2017 Joseph G. Trabbic 2

Perhaps Benedict XVI’s greatest gift to the Church was his emphasis on what has come to be called the “hermeneutic of continuity.” This concept emerged in his Christmas 2005 address on Vatican II to the […]

Interview

The rich treasure of the monastic life

February 18, 2017 Jim Graves 1

The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles (www.benedictinesofmary.org) of the Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus were established under the auspices of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1995.  They later […]