Pope Leo’s visit this year to Africa made the news for many reasons, but my social media blossomed with one image from his trip: the unfamiliar (to me) but magnetic image of Our Lady of Bisila, Mother and Patroness of Equatorial Guinea.
Marie Glancy O’Shea
Marie Glancy O’Shea is a freelance writer and editor who has covered travel, culture and finance for publications in the United States and Europe, including The Columbia Journalism Review, CNN.com, and The Sunday Times.
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Posted inFaith in Focus
Why moving from Lent to the Easter season is so tricky
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Posted inShort Take
James Talarico’s Colbert cancellation and glimpses of a better kind of Christian politics
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Posted inFilm
In ‘Hamnet,’ Shakespeare is still obscuring his wife
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The ‘Stranger Things’ finale puts evil in its place
The final episode of ‘Stranger Things’ reminded me that evil is never one and the same with any human being.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Van Gogh’s holy family—and mine
Looking at the Van Goghs we see a few parallels with the Holy Family, who knew humiliation and repudiation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The true story of the Christian teen behind ‘The Paradoxical Commandments’ for effective protest
“The Paradoxical Commandments” peal out a truth that no one wants to hear: Doing right is its own reward. And it was formulated by, of all people, a teenager.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Problem With Hate-Watching the Rich
Some of the most buzzed-about shows of the past five years invite us to wallow in the foibles and frustrations of high-net-worth characters.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Football, false prophets and forgiveness in the ‘Ted Lasso’ finale
For three seasons, ‘Ted Lasso’ has offered a potent vision of a better human condition.