By Jim Forest (Orbis, 2014) Jesus’ commandment to love our enemies might be the hardest to follow. It is a transformational directive that is at the...
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Video games have expanded to include subjects like cancer and depression. Has the gaming industry grown a conscience? To put it mildly, 2014 was a roller...
Pope Francis entered the papal conclave wearing the scarlet red of a cardinal and emerged in gleaming white. From where did this tradition arise? The old...
Directed by Kenneth Branagh (Walt Disney Studios, 2015) There’s something great about 5-year-old boys. They are so unformed, and yet, their opinions are made...
The prolific science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon is credited with formulating “Sturgeon’s Law.” Confronted with the undeniable fact that there’s an awful...
c. 2015 Religion News Service For Catholics, Episcopalians and some Lutherans, March 17 is the Feast Day of St. Patrick. For the rest of us, it’s St...
Cracker (429 Records, 2014) When we think “California,” two things probably come to mind: Hollywood glitz and Silicon Valley billions. But Berkeley...
c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) The “Pope of the Interview” strikes again: Pope Francis has given a lengthy — and fascinating —...
As Lent continues, give some time for reflection with these new releases: March 2015 Be Safe, Love Mom: A Military Mom’s Stories of Courage, Comfort, and...
When Bishop Diarmuid Martin was asked by Pope John Paul II in 2003 to leave his post at the Vatican and return to Dublin to eventually become its archbishop...
