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As spirituality adapts outside traditional settings, the church faces a crucial moment
The human quest for transcendence and meaning has not disappeared with modernity, but has adapted to the evolving cultural landscape.
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The Bible is full of stories about people crossing borders with God’s blessing
In sacred Scripture, God’s people are often on the move. The Bible shows us migration isn’t just about survival, it’s about grace and divine reciprocity between people and the land.
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Q&A with lawyers about impact of Trump’s immigration executive orders
In order to navigate the legal challenges for immigrant communities and the churches trying to support them, National Catholic Reporter asked lawyers about what to expect in the upcoming days …
The most active person of daring nonviolence in history was Jesus
In this episode of John Dear’s “The Nonviolence of Jesus” podcast, Dear outlines 10 essential points about the nonviolence of Jesus from the four Gospels.
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The Lourdes Effect: The Miracle Club director Thaddeus O’Sullivan on Irish trauma and miracles
Laura Linney stars in an Irish comedy set in 1967 about a group of women confronting their past on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. The director talks about the trauma that …
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Indiana Jones movies and Raiders of the Lost Ark: Why the original still stands alone
Eight years earlier, The Exorcist offered a gut-wrenching morality tale about, among other things, the spiritual dangers of messing around with Ouija boards and demons. The climax of Raiders offers …
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Ethan Hunt’s second act and Tom Cruise’s third: The unending impossible mission
What the Mission: Impossible series discovers in this moment is this: Imperfect stunts can be more thrilling than perfect ones, and an unflappable superman who always knows exactly what to …
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Dune and The Lord of the Rings
In my reviews of Dune: Part One and now Dune: Part Two (filed and pending publication; stay tuned!) I’ve written a bit comparing and contrasting Dune with Star Wars. Here …
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Dune: Part Two exceeds expectations in every way — except humanity
There’s something bracing about a blockbuster epic in 2024 that doesn’t care what you think of it, that is primarily concerned with being the best possible version of itself.
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Cabrini celebrates human dignity and solidarity; the saint remains an enigma
What kind of world do we want, and what will we do to achieve it? Those are the questions with which Alejandro Monteverdi’s Cabrini leaves us at the end of …