A Reflection for Friday of the Third Week of Easter, by Jim McDermott, S.J.

To those who are already exhausted by the all-A.I., all-the-time reporting of 2023, have no fear: “Mrs. Davis” is not a show about A.I., not really.

After a stint in rehab, a break up from his wife followed almost immediately by a new relationship and then a baby with the actress Olivia Munn, comedian John Mulaney is back with a new Netflix special, “Baby J.”

Artist Angela Manno creates Byzantine Russian-style icons of threatened and endangered plant and animal species. And they are really extraordinary.

The conversation of “The Pope: Answers” offers a provocative image of what church could be.

If “Succession” ends as a sort of Shakespearean tragedy, as all signs thus far have suggested that it will, this week’s episode may well be the moment we look back on as that tragedy’s core.

In these Lenten and Easter days in which the church celebrates a man whose divinity was revealed in his willingness to sacrifice everything for love, consider "Sweeney Todd" to be that story’s dark, demonic twin.

A Reflection for Holy Thursday, by Jim McDermott, S.J.

Pope Francis didn’t wear Balenciaga. I can’t imagine he ever will. But if we keep our eyes peeled, it won’t be long before we see him do something just as eye-popping to reveal once again to us the challenging, merciful love of God.

In a time when we felt isolated, afraid and increasingly divided, The Times gave us a means to better understand what was happening and to stay connected with one another.