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St. Anselm—For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, …
For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe — that unless I believe, I should …
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Oct. 6 Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Bruno, Priest; Opt Mem of Bl. Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin (USA), Opt. Mem.
Today the Universal Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Bruno (1030-1101), who was born in Cologne, Germany. He became a priest and achieved fame as a professor of theology …
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What It’s Like to Interview the Pope…
By now most regular Crux readers, and much of the rest of the world, knows that Pope Leo XIV gave the first official interview of his papacy to me for …
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Why God Keeps You Waiting (and How That Prepares You for Greatness)…
We live in a culture that wants everything fast—success, influence, recognition. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but that’s not always how God works. He grows things slowly, starting small …
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The Wild Robot
The last third stumbles, I think, in reaching for even larger themes while settling for a standard Hollywood heroes-vs.-villains action finale—but, thankfully, none of this detracts from what the film …
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Pope Leo Has a Jerry Maguire Moment on Sex Abuse…
In the classic 1996 film “Jerry Maguire,” early on our hero, a highly successful agent representing athletes, has a crisis of conscience. In his epiphany, he realizes that his business …
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SDG’s Top 10 Christmas movies list!
Alas, between teaching both high school and university as well as my diaconal work, the only extracurricular writing I’ve been able to do is what I’ve called “quick wins”—i.e., short …
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Vatican Urges Faithful to Revive Efforts for Sainthood Cause of Cardinal Van Thuan…
The beatification cause of Venerable Francis-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan is receiving renewed attention from the Vatican 50 years after he was first imprisoned by the communist government of Vietnam, according …
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Paddington in Peru is pleasant, underachieving nonsense
If you’re as much a fan of writer-director Paul King’s two Paddington movies as I am, you may think of them often while watching this threequel, from first-time feature director …
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Days Before Murder, Charlie Kirk Told California Bishop: ‘I’m This Close’ to Becoming Catholic…
Our dad loved John Wayne. If there was a John Wayne movie on TV on any Sunday afternoon, we were going to watch it. If there was a Duke movie …