“The Holdovers” is a character-driven drama about unlikely friendships born of shared proximity.
Arts & Culture
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Lights, camera, Amen: the love-hate relationship between the Catholic Church and Hollywood
Should a Catholic Church ever be a movie set? From our most iconic movies to some regrettable music videos, it’s a question that has been asked many times and answered in different ways.
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Yves Congar, Vatican II’s greatest theologian
Perhaps no thinker influenced Catholic theology in the 20th century more than Yves Congar, O.P.
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Remembering The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan, the raucous and tragic sage of Irish music
Shane MacGowan once said that he was the one that God would use to save Irish music. Despite a public persona that was often less than saintly, he grappled with faith in many of his iconic songs.
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In ‘Doppelganger,’ Naomi Klein investigates her twin and uncovers a shadow world
Naomi Klein’s new book serves as a kind of sociopolitical post-mortem of the Covid era, in which our social divisions and paranoias only grew more strident. It is also tragically timely.
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‘Joyeux Noel’ offers a ‘dangerous’ Christmas memory from World War I
Like the soldiers in the film, we will raise our voices on Christmas and sing about peace on earth—but we should also reflect on what we’ll do to make it a reality.
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When the Vatican investigated Margaret Farley for her book on Catholic sexual ethics
In 2012, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared that ‘Just Love,’ by Margaret Farley, R.S.M., could not be used in Catholic classrooms. It was a different era in the church.
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The abolitionist history of ‘O Holy Night’
In “O Holy Night,” we are reminded of the promise of the Incarnation and its continuing resonance today.
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Catholic Movie Club: ‘Rocky,’ an unlikely resurrection story
‘Rocky’ is a reminder that impossible things have happened before. And, if we believe, they can happen again.
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Can discernment be trendy? I tried ‘a workout for the soul’ to find out
Peoplehood is a wellness studio in New York City that provides daily reflection sessions. I tried a “gather” to see if it is worth the hype (and the price tag).