There is simply no ignoring the elemental power of seeing Jesus’ depicted, earnestly and largely reverently, on national TV.

For this week’s episode, we’re bringing you our live recording from last Friday, March 23 at Loyola University Chicago. We’re talking with a frequent guest of the show, James Martin, S.J., about his new podcast “The Examen with Father James Martin.”

‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ ‘Jesus of Montreal’ and other favorites from an evergreen genre.

In liturgically celebrating the truth and power of the passion narratives, however, we must be equally energetic in proclaiming, as did Pope John Paul II on the Auschwitz anniversary: “Never again anti-Semitism!”

History suggests the church is stronger than Mr. Douthat thinks.

Tony Kushner’s two-part play feels both timely and timeless.