John Gregory Dunne had a unique ability in his writing—fiction or not—to show the saintly and the sinner all at once.
Arts & Culture
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, Catholic Movie Club
‘The Godfather Part II’ and the dark side of the American dream
Despite his performative Catholicism, Michael Corleone puts more stock in the American vision of freedom than the Christian one.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Why we miss Tom Wolfe in the Trump-Biden era
Tom Wolfe would have loved to write about a debate between a billionaire former president who is also a convicted felon and an octogenarian sitting president whose public mental lapses are vociferously denied by many of his own confidantes.
Posted inArts & Culture, News
Vandals behead a controversial sculpture of Mary giving birth to Jesus in an Austrian cathedral
A statue of Mary giving birth to Jesus was beheaded by an anonymous group of vandals, garnering support from traditionalist Catholics who have criticized the statue’s depictions.
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The lie that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute persisted for centuries. A new play reclaims her story.
“Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name” is advocating for setting the record straight on one of Christianity’s most vital disciples.
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
Interview: Kevin Costner on resurrecting the Western in ‘American Saga’
With “Horizon: An American Saga,” Mr. Costner has realized an idea 36 years in the making.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
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When storms of change recalibrate reality,
Rewrite the code that holds the cosmos together.
