“Only Murders in the Building” offers something Pope Francis has talked about repeatedly during his pontificate: intergenerational friendships, in all their power and complexity.
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The keys to the success of ‘Derry Girls’: Northern Ireland, Catholicism and the ordinary lives of teenage girls
The third season of ‘Derry Girls’ has plenty of laughs to offer and goes deeper with all its main characters.
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‘The Good Fight’ is the show we should all be watching right now
“The Good Fight” is ending its run by ramping up the surrealism—and the idea that we are all living in a very real political nightmare.
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For J.R.R. Tolkien, no one is beyond redemption—even orcs
For Tolkien, every creature exists on the same continuum between good and evil, and has the capacity to travel either way along it.
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Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ was fiction—but it depicted Queen Elizabeth’s very real Christian faith.
As the queen of England, Elizabeth served as the religious leader of the British Commonwealth and supreme governor of the Church of England—and she took that role very seriously.
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‘Abbott Elementary’ is a show about vocation — and the tenacity teaching requires
‘Abbott Elementary’ manages to be both hilarious and honest about life in the classroom.
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Emmy nominee ‘Severance’ explores how we handle grief in a world obsessed with productivity
‘Severance’ critiques the faceless American company, for whom workers are interchangeable cogs and poor mental health is the collateral damage of productivity.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The Catholic faith (and pessimism) of J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world was in many ways a direct reflection of his understanding of reality.
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Review: ‘The Rings of Power’ will make you want to read Tolkien’s books again
The new “Lord of the Rings” prequel series is a confident, well-conceived and often gorgeous addition to the previously adapted work of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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What does the Catholic Church say about psychedelics?
Psychedelics have been seen as far worse than alcohol and cigarettes, but are they really?