Holy Saturday can feel like the sleepless night-before-Christmas of the Triduum. But it can be a meaningful part of Easter—and not just a time to dye eggs or make tomorrow’s dessert.
Sarah Vincent
Sarah Vincent is an assistant editor at Reader’s Digest and a former O’Hare fellow at America. She has also written for the National Catholic Reporter and Sojourners.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Killing Eve’ deserved better than a botched Christian conversion narrative and a cheap, shock-value ending
Despite its first three seasons of ambitious, campy, violent fun, “Killing Eve” lost its way in its final season with a failed conversion subplot and problematic treatment of queer characters.
Posted inIdeas, Politics & Society
Saint Peter’s is this year’s Cinderella team—but that’s not the only reason this tiny Jesuit school is inspiring
Saint Peter’s stands out for living out its commitment to justice in real time, primarily serving first-generation college students from diverse backgrounds.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Don’t turn Lent into a competition
A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent, by Sarah Vincent.
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
Racial barriers, basketball and faith: The legacy of the 1963 Loyola Ramblers
“The Loyola Project” is a new documentary about the breaking of racial barriers in basketball. Loyola Chicago team captain Lucas Williamson discusses his experience as narrator and cowriter, the 1963 team and his faith.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What is your spiritual love language?
Knowing your spiritual love language can help you better understand how you show and experience love for the divine in your daily life.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Cryptocurrency has taken the idolatry of wealth to a new level of sinfulness
Cryptocurrency is our culture’s idolatrous golden calf. We need to save ourselves (and our planet) from its empty promises.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
A seminarian, an agnostic and an atheist walk into an exorcism. Welcome to ‘Evil’ on Paramount+.
Currently in production on its third season, “Evil” is Paramount+’s hidden gem and the next Catholic horror hit fans of “Midnight Mass” have been waiting for.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The ‘Harry Potter’ reunion is just what 2022 needs
To want to magic away Covid-19 is wishful thinking at its very worst. But that impulse is a forgivable offense. And it is exactly why “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” is what 2022 needs.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
The Top 5 U.S. Catholic Newsmakers of 2021
In a year filled with good news and bad, more than a few Catholics stood out in the crowd (for better or for worse).