Readings (Year A): Jeremiah 20:10 – 13Psalms 69:8 – 10, 14, 17, 33 – 35Romans 5:12 – 15Matthew 10:26 – 33 Reflection: The peace...
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My podcast cohost, Marcia, is a huge Swiftie—she knows every word to every Taylor Swift song, the hidden messages in each album, and which periods of Taylor’s...
The Last of Us Created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (HBO, 2023) I rarely cry when watching television shows. I love the medium but don’t physically emote...
Few people know this, but I was not quite raised Catholic. Like most Mexicans at the time, I was born into a Roman Catholic family, but by the time I was 7 or...
One of cinema’s most thoughtful and challenging filmmakers, Robert Bresson, once acknowledged that when he simply wanted some entertainment, he would watch a...
Given its name, it seems only natural that cryptocurrency and the suite of other blockchain-based technologies associated with it would have an enduringly...
U.S. Catholic has been named “Magazine of the Year” for 2023 by the Catholic Media Association. This is the second time in two years that the CMA has awarded...
As a classicist, I was privileged to lead groups of Americans on tours of Rome. When we visited the Colosseum, our participants would inevitably comment on the...
Readings (Year A): Exodus 19:2 – 6aPsalms 100:1 – 2, 3, 5Romans 5:6 – 11Matthew 9:36 – 10:8 Reflection: Remember how much God loves you...
Memento Mori Depeche Mode (Columbia, 2023) It’s hard to believe that the English band Depeche Mode has been together for 43 years. A Gen X adolescence not...