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Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
A new production tells the story of Father Tolton, the slave who became a priest
“His story is so triumphal in the sense of what he was eventually able to do,” responding to persecution and oppression with an outpouring of love.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: An authoritative guide to California’s most prominent political family
California governors Pat and Jerry Brown played pivotal roles in a startling array of events in the state’s history.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The Boston Celtics’ glory and shame
Gary Pomerantz’s detailed exploration of Bob Cousy’s career touches on the heroic moments and the bitter failures of the Boston Celtics, including a shameful history of racial prejudice.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis will open the secret archives on Pope Pius XII
Pius, who was pope from 1939 to 1958, has been strongly attacked for not speaking out publicly against the Holocaust but defended by some for the vast hidden work he did to help many victims of the Nazis, fascists and communists.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Hubert H. Humphrey, a politician worth emulating
Arnold Offner’s biography shows Hubert Humphrey as a serious man who sought a serious goal: the betterment of his fellow Americans, whether through persuasion or legislation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How we can imagine Jesus in his own culture
Jerome Neyrey’s new book displays the many ways in which Jesus was not only “like us in all things” but also definitely a person incarnated in his own culture.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The ethics of medicine
Have you ever wondered why a snake entwined on a staff is a symbol of medicine? Or why doctors take an oath to practice medicine?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Los Angeles in letters
Los Angeles is a city that grabs you by the arm—nearly by the throat—and insists you hear another explanation of what it means.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The Jesuit institution uncovering the truth (and fake news) about saints
Most of what we know about saints—from the most beloved to the most obscure—comes from the little-known Bollandist Society.