Ross Douthat is a New York Times columnist specializing in religion and politics and author of To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism.
Sean Salai
Sean Salai is the author of What Would Pope Francis Do? Bringing the Good News to People in Need (Our SundayVisitor, 2016) and holds an M.A. in Applied Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. He also holds a B.A. in History from Wabash College, which he attended on scholarship from the Indianapolis Star, and where as editor of the campus newsmagazine he won several Indiana Collegiate Press Association (ICPA) awards as well as a Wesley Pruden Investigative Journalism Award from the Leadership Institute in 2001. Before entering the Jesuits in 2005, he was a metro desk newspaper reporter for The Washington Times and the Boca Raton News, where his articles were picked up by the Drudge Report and other national media outlets. He taught theology and coached forensics at Jesuit High School of Tampa in 2010-2014.
His freelance writing has appeared in America, National Catholic Reporter, Catholic World Report, Busted Halo, Crisis Magazine, Civil War Book Review, Homiletic & Pastoral Review, the Magis Spirituality Center's Spiritual Exercises Blog and other publications. He has been a contributing editor on two reference works for the non-profit Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) and his academic writing has appeared in three publications including the Heythrop Journal. He won two scholarships for outstanding collegiate journalism from the Washington DC-based American Alternative Foundation in 2001 and 2002. He is a graduate of the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University, the Leadership Institute’s Student Publications School in Virginia, the Collegiate Network Foreign Correspondent Course in Prague, and several other journalism programs. His prior internship experience included The Washington Times national desk and Policy Review magazine at the Heritage Foundation.
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The faith journey at the heart of ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
Producer Jim Whitaker, a graduate of Georgetown University, says his Jesuit education “heavily influences my filmmaking.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Living Biblically’ on CBS shows audiences how to live out faith in a modern world
“Living Biblically” tells the story of Chip, a husband and expectant father who decides to become a better Catholic by living out his life according to the Bible.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Roma Downey on finding unexpected blessings—even online
“To bring the good news to a new digital audience is a big part of what we’re doing.”
Posted inFaith, Interviews
The case for taking up the Ignatian examen in the New Year
Along with the special communication of Scripture, God reaches us through the experience of a given day.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
What does a parish of mercy look like?
Matthew Halbach talks about his vision for “total parish evangelization.”
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Mary is there for you when your own mother isn’t.
Marge Fenelon talks about her book “Forgiving Mother: A Marian Novena of Healing and Peace.”
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Why does the Reformation matter today? Look to its main characters to understand.
There’s no way to understand the Reformation without understanding the thinking of the people who were there.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Praying the rosary is not as difficult as you think
‘We don’t talk enough about people’s struggles with the rosary. What can we do to help them?’
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
‘Wendell Berry and the Given Life’: Q&A with Mary Berry
Ms. Berry talks about her father’s work as a farmer and writer, and what it means to live “sanely and consciously.”