Politics & Society Dispatches
Jim McDermottOctober 30, 2019The convent lost power and generators were put into place as backup. A fire department captain told local media that the sisters, some of whom were on oxygen, were scared but in good spirits. “We joked with them a little bit.... They are a great bunch of ladies.”
Faith Dispatches
Jim McDermottOctober 29, 2019“Up until the last five or 10 years, Mass was offered every day. Then it was hard to get priests [every day]; then it was hard to get priests on the weekend. There were [fewer priests] in the parishes and they were being stretched thin.”
Arts & Culture Film
Jim McDermottOctober 25, 2019“The Exorcist” exposed people around the world to the question of evil in a new and terrifying way. It also laid the groundwork for a different kind of horror story.
Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottOctober 11, 2019A story about a patriarch who keeps humiliating his children.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Jim McDermottSeptember 16, 2019“We need to help our society to see our common humanity—that we are all children of God, meant to live together as brothers and sisters.”
Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottSeptember 06, 2019The second season of the F.B.I. serial killer show confronts the brutality of human existence.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Jim McDermottJuly 26, 2019Across the nation, bishops and other church leaders have spoken out against Trump administration asylum, detention and immigration policies. Many dioceses have mobilized to provide services for those under threat. But some Catholics worry the overall church response has been too muted, given the
Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottJuly 12, 2019The Amazon series is based on the much-beloved fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
Faith Dispatches
Jim McDermottJune 18, 2019In the four years since Pope Francis released his encyclical “On Care of Our Common Home,” both global and local reporting on the effects of climate change has only gotten more dire.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Jim McDermottMay 28, 2019Jesuits West province requested that GEO, which runs 134 facilities around the world—including 69 detention centers in the United States—“report annually…on how it implements” its human rights policy.