In a lengthy feature article, “This pope means business” (Aug. 14, 2014), Fortune magazine offers a detailed look at what Francis has done to “restructure the Vatican’s scandal-plagued finances.” It’s an informative, if occasionally annoying, […]
“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live …” — Deuteronomy […]
Today, on the first day of his five-day trip to South Korea, Pope Francis delivered an address to Korean civil leaders and politicians at the Blue House in Seoul, the residence of Korean President Park […]
In a memorable scene from Goldfinger, James Bond, strapped to a gold-plated table, is about to be sliced in two by an approaching laser beam. “Do you expect me to talk?” he asks. “No, Mister […]
MPAA Rating: PG USCCB Rating: A-III Reel Rating: (2 Michelin Stars = 4 Reels out of 5) The Hundred Foot Journey is a simple film about good food, good people, and how to live a […]
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has issued a strongly worded Declaration denouncing the jihadist movement seeking to establish the “Restoration of the Caliphate”; it lists a number of specific acts of violence, destruction, and […]
It’s a tricky thing, in the era of Pope Francis, to get the optics of ostentatious poverty just right. CNN recently published a piece, “The lavish homes of American archbishops” that featured a hit parade […]
I was chagrined, but not entirely surprised, when I read Woody Allen’s recent ruminations on ultimate things. To state it bluntly, Woody could not be any bleaker in regard to the issue of meaning in […]
Both liturgy and drama are stylized representations of reality that mediate to us an encounter with the human and the divine. That’s because human beings are born to be priests. A priest is nothing more […]
“The fact is that the greatest crimes are caused by excess and not by necessity. Men do not become tyrants in order that they may not suffer cold….”—Aristotle, Politics, II, 1266b14-15. “What is the purpose […]
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