By Lawrence J. McAndrews (University of Georgia, 2014) The election of John F. Kennedy in 1960 has long been described as the apogee of Catholic political life...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
Directed by Richard Linklater (IFC Films, 2014) Nothing happens except the passage of time. A little boy, age 6, opens the film. He lies on his back, head...
Directed by Lasse Hallström (Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures, 2014) The sights and sounds—and tastes—of Mumbai, India fill the screen in...
By Father Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I. (Image, 2014) Ronald Rolheiser returns with the second volume of a promised trilogy. Beginning with The Holy Longing: A...
How do comics walk the fine line between being hilarious and hurtful? It’s all in the delivery. Earlier this year the comic duo of Keegan-Michael Key and...
Directed by John Michael McDonagh (Fox Searchlight, 2014) Calvary, a theological black comedy (watch trailer here), is prefaced by a quote from St. Augustine:...
The Secret Sisters (Universal Republic Records, 2014) Nothing quite divides audiences like country music. Some love it. Some hate it. Even those who love...
September is still summer, right? Pick up these good reads and keep your summer reading list going: September 2014 Francis of Rome and Francis of Assisi: A New...
Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski (Music Box Films, 2014) Pawel Pawlikowski’s gorgeously shot film about the odyssey of a young Polish nun offers a...
By John Cornwell (Basic Books, 2014) John Cornwell normally subscribes to the conspiratorial school of Catholicism, as demonstrated by his books Hitler’s...
