I have been meaning to see Nanni Moretti’s film We Have a Pope ever since I first saw the trailer a year or so ago. The basic premise of the film is that a cardinal, […]
I have been meaning to see Nanni Moretti’s film We Have a Pope ever since I first saw the trailer a year or so ago. The basic premise of the film is that a cardinal, […]
As Pope Benedict XVI approaches his groundbreaking retirement, commentaries and analyses of his legacy as pope are coming more and more quickly across the wire. In my own way, I’d like to offer some thoughts […]
I haven’t watched Glee in a few years now. It wasn’t a decisive break; I just stopped having a DVR and lost interest in a lot of TV shows as a result. But as someone […]
Was George Michael right? Do you “gotta have faith”? Last week I started my second year of teaching Catholic theology at Boston College. I have the same core course as last year (“Exploring Catholicism”), but […]
Tomorrow night, New York’s Timothy Cardinal Dolan will offer the closing benediction for the Republican Party’s 2012 convention. When it was announced last week that he would do so, there was much concern among both […]
Recently, several friends have asked me what I think of Aaron Sorkin’s new show The Newsroom. For the uninitiated, Newsroom’s main character is Will McAvoy, a cable news anchor intended to be a right-of-center Keith […]
The Huffington Post is reporting that Katie Holmes, following the finalization of her divorce from Tom Cruise, is returning to the Catholic Church. First off, in the spirit of Mr. Kotter, I’d like to welcome […]
When I first offered to review Dan Horan’s Dating God a couple months back, in my mind I had anticipated doing a more or less traditional book review: give an overview of the basic goal […]
Now that I’ve posted the final grades for TH02401, my first year of teaching Catholic theology to undergrads has come to an end. While I have been preparing and teaching this course, as well as […]
A reflection on the readings for the First Sunday of Lent “The one who bears the sore of leprosy shall keep his garments rent and his head bare, and shall muffle his beard; he shall […]
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