What a 1965 novel by Graham Greene taught a young Dr. Paul Farmer during his first years working in Haiti.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
St. David’s Day, Memphis
a thousand pink buds headed toward something
that can’t be turned back,
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Oscars are becoming more like the Catholic Church—and not in a good way
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that eight sets of nominees will be cut from the Oscars telecast this year. Their decision is all too familiar to me as a Catholic.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Sister Boniface Mysteries’: the rare show that gets the Catholic Church (and nuns) right
TV shows rarely get it right when depicting priests or men and women religious—but “The Sister Boniface Mysteries” offers a welcome look at a believable and positively portrayed woman in religious life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The Black authors all Catholics should read
As we celebrate Black History Month, we recognize Black authors from past and present, including two prominent theologians.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
‘Summer of Soul’ and the power of memory in Jesuit spirituality
A documentary about a Black music festival awakens us to God’s presence even amid our historical sins.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Amy Winehouse and the spirituality of a restless heart
The singer’s pain was rooted in a keen awareness of her heart’s yearning for love and meaning.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: An intergenerational look at the messiness of falling in love
In ‘Monster in the Middle,’ Tiphanie Yanique shows how the choice to love is always a leap of faith, a heedless plunge into the unknown.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A rebel nun is an exemplar of feminism in action
The tale of a medieval woman’s decision to join the convent, Marj Charlier’s historical novel, ‘The Rebel Nun,’ resonates with many of the issues faced by the church in modern times.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
We’ve been reading Charles Darwin all wrong
Charles Darwin’s teaching has been misappropriated by generations of intellectually dubious adherents.