In a powerful new production of ‘Hairy Ape,’ it becomes painfully evident that the dehumanizing class system O’Neill criticized still persists in America.
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Swiss Guard to mark 500th anniversary of the Sack of Rome
Col. Christoph Graf, commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, describes the 1527 Sack of Rome as “one of the most defining events” in the history of the military force.
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‘Catcher in the Rye’ at 75: America magazine’s critiques (and defenses) of the classic novel
America more or less atoned over the years for its initial dismissal of Catcher in the Rye.
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What 1,000 years of golden roses tell us about popes’ authority and influence, from Leo IX to Leo XIV
The history of the golden rose reveals the shift of papal priorities from political alliance-building to devotional symbolism.
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Searching for yourself in medieval times: Lena Dunham’s ‘Catherine Called Birdy’
We may have running water and better hygiene, but “Catherine Called Birdy” reminds us that we have plenty in common with our medieval ancestors.
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Sigrid Undset: Scholar, storyteller—and future saint?
Sigrid Undset’s writings were admired by everyone from Willa Cather to Dorothy Day. Her life is being studied by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. Who was this Norwegian teller of truths?
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SSPX Excommunicated: History, Pope Leo and why it all goes back to Vatican II
This week on Jesuitical, hosts Zac and Ashley speak to Shaun Blanchard, Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, about the history of the SSPX, their illicit decision to ordain new bishops, and what their excommunication means for more traditional groups within the Catholic Church.
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‘Dear America’ at the National Gallery: an invitation to national self-examination
“Dear America,” on view at the National Gallery through Sept. 20, is conceived as a letter from its artists to the public.
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The 1926 International Eucharistic Congress: When the Catholic Church triumphed despite gangsters, culture wars and the KKK
What can a divided country learn from this momentous gathering—in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown—which took place amid dizzying social change and the rise of the “new” Ku Klux Klan?
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Jesuits, Mohawks and Puritans meet in Molly McNett’s historical fiction
The deeply researched ‘Child of These Tears’ captures the profound humanness of Jesuit missionaries in colonial North America.