It is rare for television to allow its characters to have any sort of spiritual life.
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Posted inFaith, News
Fatima children are holy because of virtue, not visions of Mary, cardinal says
As extraordinary as the apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, nearly 100 years ago were, the sanctity of the shepherd children did not hinge on their having seen Mary, a cardinal said.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Feels like I got hit by a truck. Literally. Jesuitical Ep. 7
You’ve probably said it. You wake up—head pounding, body sore. “I feel like I got hit by a truck.” Well, Katie McKenna actually got run over by a truck. An 18-wheeler to be exact. This week on jesuitical, we talk with Katie about her aptly named memoir How to Get Run Over by a Truck. […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
The case for (and problem with) “The Case for Christ”
These movies are unlikely to convert unbelievers, because they demand a type of belief that requires unassailable evidence.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
“Set the world on fire”? Sorry, St. Ignatius never said that (or these other famous Jesuit quotes)
Among the saints, Ignatius Loyola is something of a “quote magnet.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Renowned atheist is hated, murdered, revived in new Netflix film
“The Most Hated Woman in America” indicts Madalyn Murray O’Hair as no better than the corrupt religious leaders that she railed against.
Posted inFaith, Pope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis: the cross is not a badge of belonging
Then the pope asked: “What is the cross for you? Yes, it is the Christian symbol. We make the sign of the cross, but often we do not do it well.”
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
What does Catholic health care reform look like? Our readers overwhelmingly gave one answer.
Many readers who thought health care reform should include universal coverage commented that, as Catholics, they think health care should address their concern for every human life.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Be our guest! Ep: 6 of jesuitical
I’m a purist. Which means I didn’t see Disney’s remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” But it didn’t stop my co-hosts from seeing it and inviting on a Jesuit to talk all things Disney. Alfonso Pizano, S.J., spent 14 years working at Disneyland, “where he piloted the monorail, sailed submarines, hawked souvenirs and danced in […]
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Jesus does not overwhelm. He woos us instead.
There would be no atheists if God appeared in the sky. But there’d be no believers either.