The 19th century witnessed an intriguing range of tsars, from reformist to reactionary or a combination of both.
Books
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
What do Graham Greene, Flannery O’Connor and Caravaggio have in common? Their Ignatian imagination.
‘Imagination is a spiritual reality that can draw us toward the good, the true and the beautiful.’
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
3 ways forgetfulness can actually help us
God knows we forget, but we rarely hear a good word about it.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Parents: You can’t make your kids love you.
A child cannot be grasped, like an object. A child can only be caressed, which is to touch without possessing.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
‘God Is Not Fair’: Author Q&A with Daniel P. Horan, OFM
“There are so many ways that the Christian message can better inform how we respond to our contemporary circumstances.”
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Who is the Real Pope Francis?
This week, Mark Shriver chats to Olga Segura and Matt Malone, S.J., about his new book. In Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis, Mark Shriver explains who Jorge Bergoglio was before he took on papal responsibility.
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Is Mr. Blue’s call to look deeply inward and compassionately outward relevant today?
Mr. Blue’s relevance endures because of its call to look deeply inward and compassionately outward.
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Nixon still casts his shadows over American politics.
As Nixon aged, Butterfield told Woodward, “instead of mellowing, the neuroses intensified and he lumped them all together.”
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The death of Socrates—ritual sacrifice or deliberate rebellion?
In this most classic of philosophical tales, Socrates dies a death that has been the subject of so much speculation and controversy.
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How Elizabeth I engaged with the Muslim world
The combination of religion and politics then, just as today, was reinforced in cultural practices.