The popular website, where people are randomly assigned a cardinal to pray for, has been revived for the 2025 conclave.
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott writes about pop culture at jimmcdermott.substack.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Interview: What playing ‘Father Brown’ taught Mark Williams about priests and the Catholic Church
Mark Williams has been playing Father Brown for 10 years, but “he never bores me,” he confides.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Everything you need to know about getting married in the Catholic Church
Things to know before you get engaged; things to know if one of you is divorced; and things to know about the process of preparing your wedding with the church.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Sharing what’s in your Notes app can be surprisingly sacred
Our notes may be practical or they may be impressionistic. They may be things that we cannot remember or that remain important to us. But is it going too far to say there is something holy in the hearing of them?
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Pastors are like TV showrunners. They need training.
Writers often have no experience at leading shows when they get that chance. It’s similar for priests who become pastors.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Tony winner ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ is the ‘Ted Lasso’ of Broadway
“Kimberly Akimbo” is about two young people who have an incredibly hopeful perspective on life. But it’s also quietly about childhood trauma.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Returning to the story of your salvation
A Reflection for Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Jim McDermott, S.J.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
The ‘Succession’ finale showed what the world looks like without God.
Am I the only person in the world who got to the end of “Succession” and wanted a happy ending?
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Martin Scorsese is making a movie about Jesus. Here are 4 pitfalls he should avoid.
While the path to creating a great story about Jesus is filled with good intentions, there are also a lot of landmines.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Three lessons for church workers from heaven’s receptionist on TikTok
Some of Ms. Smith’s posts get upward of 500,000 likes, including many people sharing about friends or family whom they have lost.