The director Bruno Dumont has said that movies can “look beyond the visible to explore something that reason can’t.”
Saints
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What can St. Augustine teach us about living through a pandemic?
Though Augustine might have a reputation for pessimism, Kathleen Bonnette writes, his spirituality and his actions during the siege of Hippo can offer guidance for responding to the Covid-19 crisis.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis opens path to beatification for the founder of the Knights of Columbus
The pope also announced plans to canonize Charles de Foucauld, César de Bus and Maria Domenica Mantovani.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Michael Jordan and the problem (and necessity) of hagiography
“The Last Dance” is not documentary but hagiography. Many commentators mean this as a criticism, but here is the thing: Hagiographies are important—and compelling.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis celebrates St. John Paul II centenary: ‘God sent his people a prophet.’
Francis celebrated the centenary Mass at the altar on the tomb of St. John Paul II. And for the first time since the national lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, he celebrated in the presence of over 100 people.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Benedict: St. John Paul’s life marked by mercy, not moral rigidity
In a letter commemorating the centenary of Pope Saint John Paul II’s birth, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI reflects that John Paul sought to spread the message that “God’s mercy is intended for every individual” and that the late pope was no “moral rigorist” that some have portrayed him as being.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Postulator says he found no evidence St. John Paul covered up abuse
Msgr. Slawomir Oder, the postulator for the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul II, has said recently that he had found no evidence that the late pope ever covered up cases of sexual abuse scandals.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The Christ-like (and paradoxical) life of Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day lived a life that today poses significant challenges for just about anyone mindful of the least of our brethren.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Like motherhood, our faith is about faces, not facts
You can profess facts, but you can only trust a face. You can only entrust yourself to a person.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Beatifications for May, June postponed due to pandemic
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Vatican has postponed the beatifications that were scheduled for May and June, one of which included that of the late Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, mentor and friend of Pope Saint John Paul II.