Let me put this right out there from the get go. I am not a theologian. I’m a baseball fan. Someone once asked me if I was a religious fanatic (apparently, today, it’s the definition […]
The Vatican Press Office announced on Monday, April 4, in a communiqué issued by the vice-director, Greg Burke, that a meeting took place in the Casa Santa Marta on Saturday, April 2, between Pope Francis and Bishop […]
“I am amused that so many of the reviews of this book begin with the statement: ‘This book is hard to classify.’ Then why bother?”—Willa Cather, 1927 Willa Cather’s novel—or “narrative” in the style of […]
Readings: • Acts 5:12-16 • Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 • Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 • Jn 20:19-31 It is fitting that on this second Sunday of Easter, decreed in 2000 by Pope John Paul II […]
Director Daniel DiSilva has wanted to tell the story of the Divine Mercy devotion for a long time. His new documentary film, The Original Image of Divine Mercy, follows DiSilva and his film crew as […]
While President Obama is correct in saying the war on terror is not and mustn’t become a war against Islam, it would be foolish to ignore the religious dimension of Islamic terrorism as now reflected […]
When I was still a miserable atheist in a career as a public policy analyst in Washington D.C. in the early-mid 90s, I would come home at night and turn on cable TV and flip […]
Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Little Sisters of the Poor’s legal challenge to the Obama administration’s mandate on contraception and sterilization coverage in health insurance plans. The Little Sisters’ attorneys […]
When the Second Vatican Council was putting the finishing touches on one of its key documents, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), Pope Paul VI proposed that it include a statement that the […]
The 2014 movie God’s Not Dead is one of the most successful faith-based productions of all time, grossing more than $60 million worldwide. The movie, produced by Pure Flix Entertainment, tells the story of a […]
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