A prolific character actor, P.J. Byrne has given memorable performances in movies like “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Babylon” and “A Complete Unknown.”
Catholic Identity
Posted inDispatches
Voters chose four new Catholic governors on Election Day. Does their faith matter?
Overall, a political leader’s Catholic faith proves to be a poor indicator of his or her position on issues.
Posted inFeatures
Can the Catholic Church recover its historic role as a patron of the arts?
Across the country, Catholic artists and art collectives are sustaining the life of the church.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
What to expect from Pope Leo’s trip to Uruguay, Latin America’s least Catholic country
Today, around 38 percent of the population is Catholic and 44 percent is Christian, while 52 percent of Uruguayans profess no religion.
Posted inCatholic Book Club
The Catholic writing of Jack Kerouac and Gregory Corso
Corso wrote in a 1958 letter to Kerouac that “I don’t regret my Catholic upbringing. There is something in me that is still very Catholic, I think it’s that only-we-see-the-face-of-God conceit.”
Posted inFilm
‘The Devils’—graphic, obscene and utterly depraved—was censored in 1971. Now it’s back in theaters.
‘The Devils’ prompted accusations of blasphemy for its transgressive content. It’s also an expertly crafted picture that, until now, has been nearly impossible to see in full.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Dolly Parton, Jimothy the Raccoon and the Christian call to be ‘not normal’
As baptized and professed Christians, we are supposed to be different.
Posted inTelevision
A hot priest, a lonely life and a desire for the divine: ‘Fleabag’ at 10
‘Fleabag’ uses Catholic characters, symbols and themes to depict the loneliness and despair that are so central to modern existence.
Posted inBooks
Review: Michael Mewshaw’s latest novel dwells in darkness—but offers a way out.
Readers of ‘Not Heaven But Paradise’ may feel like they have been through the hell of our contemporary world and also seen the only way out of the darkness.
Posted inIdeas
Jesuit, Zen Master and Hiroshima bomb survivor: The legacy of Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle
Enomiya-Lassalle, S.J., dedicated his four-plus decades of life after the bombing to bringing Zen meditation into the Catholic Church and creating a cathedral in Hiroshima dedicated to peace.