Voices

John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, Pa.
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‘Rocky’ is a reminder that impossible things have happened before. And, if we believe, they can happen again.
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In Tom McCarthy’s film, the truly good things in life—love, trust, purpose—require hard, honest work.
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God can be a real pain. I think Homer Smith, the protagonist of “Lilies of the Field” would agree.
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In “Coco,” memory doesn’t just summon up phantoms from the past, it reunites us with those we’ve lost.
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The Freelings are ignorant of the sacrilege that made their luxurious life possible, but that doesn’t mean they’re innocent.
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So much of growing up is learning what love really is. ‘Coraline’ reminds us what love is not.
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“Let the Right One In” is about loneliness, the type society imposes on us and the type we impose on ourselves.
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In “The Sixth Sense,” faith is both a sanctuary and a gateway to mystery and horror.
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In ‘Wit,‘ Dr. Vivian Bearing uses her formidable intellect as a shield against her existential terror.
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Popularity. Temptation. Vanity. Wearing Pink on Wednesdays.