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Ideas
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
On William Shatner, Jeff Bezos and deciding whether we live in Heaven or Hell
I am not a fan of billionaire space flights. But then I watched Mr. Shatner weep like he had seen the face of God when he got back to Earth.
Posted inIdeas, Politics & Society
The way Kyrie Irving talks about vaccines is prophetic — but not in a good way
Kyrie Irving had no chance to convince us that he was a neutral party in the vaccine debate because the style of his speech would not allow it.
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I like many of Glennon Doyle’s messages for women. But some of her ideas about family are problematic.
For Catholics, the basic unit of society is the family and our local church, not the individual.
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3 reasons the Catholic Church should fight to regulate Facebook
As former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testified before Congress, one question seemed to rise to the surface: Is it time to regulate (and perhaps break up) Facebook? From a Catholic standpoint, the answer is absolutely and emphatically yes.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
We need to stop watching Marvel movies (at least for a minute)
We are at a point where people of good will need to stop engaging with the MCU for a minute.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Catholic art can be more than stained glass and saint statues
Even those who prefer traditional church art can feel their hearts beat faster at a new presentation of the divine.
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Zoom meetings have come for the Vatican. Here are some tips for Pope Francis and the cardinals.
The pope’s recent meeting of his cardinal advisors gave a fascinating glimpse into the lives of these men (and their Zoom game).
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The K-pop band BTS spoke at the United Nations—and sounded a lot like Pope Francis
Maybe in this time of uncertainty, fear and doubt, it would be worth recruiting some young people like BTS, Greta Thunberg or Malala Yousafzai to officially join the pope in his fight for the future of our planet.
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Norm Macdonald and John Mulaney show us men can be vulnerable—if we give them the space
Maybe the problem is not that men or “celebrities” don’t know how to be vulnerable or messy but that we don’t like to be reminded that they are. (And we are, too.)