The good news for anyone whose literary tastes have been strongly influenced by the Catholic novels of Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Francois Mauriac, Georges Bernanos and more is this: The new Alice McDermott novel, 'Absolution,' has arrived.

Centering prayer helps me find those places in my heart where God's grace is playing.

The first step in an evangelizing relationship is that the evangelizer be evangelized.

Over 50 years as a priest I have read many profound books of theology and philosophy, from Jean Mouroux’s The Meaning of Man to Jacques Maritain’s True Humanism to Romano Guardini’s The Church and the Catholic and The Spirit of the Liturgy. These books deeply affected me because th

The bleak, brilliant vision of 'Blue Jasmine'

Terrence Malick's 'To the Wonder' is a demanding but ultimately richly rewarding film.

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