The latest effort from the ’Star Wars‘ franchise asks: What happens to you after you lose your faith?
Kevin Christopher Robles
Kevin Christopher Robles is the studio production associate at America. He was previously an O'Hare Fellow and intern.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert felt a lot like going to Mass
That day I spent in New Jersey, Taylor Swift would be my pastor, MetLife Stadium my parish, and the Swiftie community my congregation.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
St. John Francis Regis is lesser known than his Jesuit peers. Who was this saint?
John Francis Regis, whose feast Catholics celebrate on June 16, is not the most well-known saint. Unlike other Jesuits of his time, Regis did not have a particularly notable mission or die a martyr.
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Filmmaker Nida Manzoor’s vision of the modern Muslim woman: funny, rebellious—and imperfect
Nida Manzoor’s goal is to show that the culture surrounding Islam is as three dimensional and dynamic as any other faith’s.
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Review: Taylor Swift bares her soul in her new album, ‘Midnights’
With age comes wisdom, and that is certainly true for Taylor, whose latest album, “Midnights,” is almost entirely introspective, even a little retrospective.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Uncharted’ is a surpringly Catholic video game. Why does the movie adaptation strip out the faith?
Despite all of its references to Christianity, “Uncharted” offers us nothing more than a straightforward treasure hunt.
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‘Rear Window’: The perfect movie for post-pandemic life
The movie about a man stuck indoors for months was the perfect choice for my first trip back to the theater.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ and what it means to be a Black superhero
The show attempts to juggle a number of different issues and themes, but chief among them is a commitment to being a meditation on modern racial animus in the United States, and it does not shy away from controversial topics and ideas.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
‘I realized that it was my purpose to help others’: How Jesuit values led one Cristo Rey alum to fight for health equity
An interview with Miguel Blancarte Jr., a graduate of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, Ill., and now the director of Covid-19 Response and Community Outreach at Esperanza Health Centers.
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Vienna cardinal ‘not happy’ with Vatican statement on same sex unions
Austria’s Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said he cannot deny same-sex couples a blessing if they request one and that he was “not happy” with the Vatican’s mid-March statement on same-sex unions.