The Diary of Jesus Christ By Bill Cain, S.J. (Orbis Books, 2021) Rather than seeing the imagination as something childish or illusory, St. Ignatius of Loyola...
Books and literature
The Five Wounds By Kirstin Valdez Quade (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021) It’s Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and unemployed Amadeo...
What if cinema can kindle our hermeneutical impulse so that we are able to imagine women disciples gathered around Jesus’ table, and walking shoulder to...
Birth of a Movement By Olga M. Segura (Orbis Books, 2021) Living out our faith should not always be comfortable. If we are truly following Christ, then we will...
After Whiteness By Willie James Jennings (Eerdmans, 2020) It is safe to say most Catholics have never heard of theologian Willie James Jennings. That is not...
“The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.”...
Read Broken Signposts By N. T. Wright (HarperOne, 2020) In Broken Signposts, N. T. Wright reveals fresh insights into the story of Jesus Christ in the Gospel...
Read The Great Belonging By Charlotte Donlon (Broadleaf Books, 2020) “The book you are holding does not aim to cure your loneliness,” states the foreword of...
The movie Hillbilly Elegy arrived in theaters just a few days after the 2020 presidential election was decided. It started streaming on Netflix two weeks later...
If I ever wanted a project to succeed and bear much fruit, it’s this one. And if there’s such a thing as an evangelical Catholic, Father Mike Schmitz is one. I...