An Encounter with Silence
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J., is president emeritus of Georgetown University and director of mission at Jesuit Refugee Service/USA.
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The harrowing story of French nuns killed by the guillotine returns to the Metropolitan Opera
Originally written by Georges Bernanos, the “Dialogues of the Carmelites” was turned into an opera by the French composer Francis Poulenc.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Here’s why every child at the border belongs to all of us
Our advocacy was based on the intrinsic dignity and inalienable value of all human beings and their equal and essential rights as members of the human family.
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Review: Eugène Delacroix exhibit arrives for the first time in America
Following an acclaimed exhibition of the great French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix at the Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened, on Sept. 17, the first full presentation of the artist ever to be held in North America.
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The urban fantasies of Bodys Isek Kingelez
The Congolese artist has left us a form of art that transcends political and aesthetic categories.
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Grant Wood’s hymns to the heartland
“In making these paintings,“ wrote Wood, “I had in mind something which I hope to convey to a fairly wide audience in America—the picture of a country rich in the arts of peace; a homely, lovable nation, infinitely worthy of any sacrifice necessary to its preservation.”
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Selling Jesus for $450 million
Last November at Christie’s, the divine became the dollar.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
Living into Mystery: Karl Rahner’s Reflections on his 75th Birthday
“The center of my theology? Good Lord, that can’t be anything else but God as mystery and Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen One, as the historical event in which this God turns irreversibly toward us in self-communication.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Lessons from Anne Frank: A new essay contest
At the heart of Anne Frank’s life and witness is a hopeful faith in humanity.
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How Helmut Kohl seized the mantle of God by working toward a unified Europe
Mourners from across the continent praised Helmut Kohl’s vision for a united Europe