The deeply researched ‘Child of These Tears’ captures the profound humanness of Jesuit missionaries in colonial North America.
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‘Tony’ takes us back to Anthony Bourdain’s providential summer
Matt Johnson’s biopic ‘Tony’ takes us to parts unknown in the life of Anthony Bourdain: the summer of 1975 and the lessons he learned.
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Why you should study the classics but not kill anyone: Lessons from Donna Tartt’s fiction
Donna Tartt’s ‘The Secret History’ is an engrossing read. But is it also a powerful expression of our human efforts to understand eternal truths?
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Catholic priest’s new study Bible brings faith and science together for a doubting generation
When Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer realized a number of young Catholics were abandoning their faith in the name of science, he decided to do something about it: Create a new study Bible.
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Two books on Pope Leo paint a picture of a potentially transformative leader
With experience at every level of church governance and familiarity with how to build and use power, Leo XIV has the potential to be profoundly consequential.
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A.I., Dostoevsky and the very human fear of freedom
The danger is not that A.I. will ever “replace” human intelligence but that we will welcome its rule.
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What Christians lose when we stop reading
What happens to the church when the people of the book no longer choose to read? We ignore this question at our own peril.
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‘Very casually Catholic’ White Sox owner Bill Veeck would have loved ‘pope hat’ night
Known for his quixotic ballpark gimmicks and unique promotions, Bill Veeck was also an advocate for racial integration and a generous Catholic philanthropist.
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Cherishing truth amid lies: Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Paper Moon’
Nearly everyone we meet in “Paper Moon” is running some sort of scam. With the truth so clouded in uncertainty, our protagonists (and the audience) have to choose who and what to believe.
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Moderates and liberals stopped going to church. We’re only beginning to see the effects.
In ‘The Vanishing Church,’ Ryan Burge presents a data-driven picture of how the American religious and political landscapes have transformed together over the past 50 years.