Fighting the Battle of Ideas with Comic Books
When I was first married, my wife collected books for young girls published during World War II. My wife had some of these as a
When I was first married, my wife collected books for young girls published during World War II. My wife had some of these as a
Catholic poet Dana Gioia once wrote, “Catholic writers tend to see humanity struggling in a fallen world.” The statement applies perfectly to writer/director Martin McDonagh’s
Perhaps in retrospect, one of the most prescient films of the new millennium is Surrogates. The premise of this 2009 science fiction thriller, starring Bruce
While it may not be to everyone’s taste, I find AMC’s drama, Better Call Saul (starring Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn) to have been an
A history text in my Catholic grammar school described a Medieval artist painting an ornate mural on the ceiling of a large cathedral. The chapter
One of the core identifiers of Catholicism is the philosophy that the Church is both true and beautiful. Through the sacraments, the rich liturgies, and
BY: Gracjan Kraszewski Part 1 of this series explained why a society that reads good books, consumes good art, understands the objective reality of truth
BY: Gracjan Kraszewski Part 1 of this series explained why a society that reads good books, consumes good art, understands the objective reality of truth
BY: Gracjan Kraszewski ‘What do you seek—God? you ask with a smile? I hesitate to answer, since all other Americans have settled the matter for
By: Caitie Crowley Have you ever asked how a good God could let bad things happen? Where is God in the midst of suffering? Is
One definition of “love”: In religious use: the benevolence and affection of God towards an individual or towards creation; (also) the affectionate devotion due to
Since the days when Christ and His apostles walked the earth, His Church has experienced a rich history. Competent teachers, authors, lectures, presentations, and the
Music as a superspreader is something musicians have known all along. It’s a superspreader of joy, hope, love, and togetherness. For choir singers and musicians,
I’m sitting at the tattoo parlor, waiting while my husband sits in the chair. There’s a slow, casual conversation: life, kids, art, homesteading – punctured
Pan’s Labyrinth is about a young girl, who is put to the test of doing evil for the sake of good. (Note: This article contains
I came across a very interesting book recently, Evolution: The Human Story, by Dr. Alice Roberts. It is similar to several other recent books explaining
I had the opportunity just before the beginning of Lent to watch the movie The Book of Eli (Columbia Pictures, 2010). It is a seemingly
When I turned 64 this year, it came as no surprise that I would receive several texts of the Beatles iconic numeric song from my
Readers of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings will notice that the story is haunted by memories of Middle Earth’s past and that its
The Roman Catholic Church has used pictures in the last two thousand some years to impart its eternally descried truths to the laity. From the
Emmanuel Carrère’s lately controversial The Kingdom takes on a project of demystification: it is an imagining of how St. Luke might have joined the early
Netflix’s recent (and extremely loose) adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House could have been taken as an epigraph of Christ’s words