Perhaps the most incredible day in the history of America happened in the lobby in 1967.
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Simon Rich on “Miracle Workers,” writing and God
In “Miracle Workers” Simon Rich balances the surreal with the mundane and anchors fantasy with practicality, providing the perfect stakes for dramatic and comedic tension.
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A Jesuit confesses his love for March Madness and NCAA basketball
A March Madness gets underway, the curious coincidence of basketball and American Catholicism comes into view.
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A history of Catholic School Sports, From Babe Ruth to LeBron James
There is no way to explain the success of Catholic school athletes without taking into account a wide range of factors—historical, sociological and, yes, spiritual.
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Should a Catholic priest be fighting in a boxing tournament?
Many people object to anyone, much less a Catholic priest, engaging in what they see as recreational violence.
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The Spiritual Case Against the Mobile Office
In the age of “Hot Desks” and “Hoteling,” we need to look to Jesus, the great sitter.
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What is hopepunk and why is it so quintessentially Catholic?
Hopepunk insists there are streams of life-giving water all around us—stories, people and experiences to which we can still turn for inspiration and renewal.
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What it’s like to set up and tear down a Super Bowl halftime show
When I was 19 years old, a production company paid me to attend the Super Bowl.
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a secret archive will reach a global audience
Members of the Oyneg Shabes wanted to write their own history, a Jewish history, in stark contrast to Nazi Germany’s propaganda.
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Why the writer Richard Rodriguez refuses to be put into a box
Part of Richard Rodriguez’s charm is his refusal to play to people’s expectations of who he should be.