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‘Archbishop Harold Holmes’: Pop Art from Jack White, John C. Reilly, and Flannery O’Connor

Fr. Damian Ference

July 18, 2025

Reilly and White are trying to tell us something, and they are calling on Flannery O’Connor to help us understand their artistic vision.

German Bishop’s Resignation and Questions It Raises

Dr. Richard DeClue

July 17, 2025

How long can theologians and (especially) bishops be allowed to publicly dissent without curial intervention?

Baptize Technology: Sometimes Grace Speaks JavaScript

Sebastian Barros

July 16, 2025

Notifications can become bells. Reminders can become calls to prayer. Gamification can become formation, if the reward is not ego but surrender.

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The Traditional Judeo-Christian Values in ‘Superman’

Dr. Kody W. Cooper

July 15, 2025

Despite the cry of critics who reviewed the new “Superman,” they may need to have their eyes checked. It’s a metaphor for the human story.

Jay Gatsby’s Great Desire for Deification

Alex Taylor

July 15, 2025

Jay Gatsby’s tragedy is that he attempts to become God without Jesus Christ, in whom alone this desire of ours finds its fulfillment.

The Transcendent Body – Fr. Robert Spitzer

Bishop Robert Barron

July 14, 2025

During his address to the Word on Fire Wonder Conference in 2024, Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, cofounder and president of the Magis Center, argued that scientific evidence points toward eternal…

Leo XIV: The First Weeks

Caroline Kurt

July 14, 2025

Leo XIV’s willingness to place Christ at the center, his devotion to Augustinian spirituality, and his hunger to engage the modern world are reasons for hope.

Dragons and a Courageous Catholic Imagination

Dr. LuElla D’Amico

July 12, 2025

The dragons may be fictional in the case of this particular movie, but the courage to face a broken world with wonder and mercy: that’s real. That’s the stuff of…

Bishop Barron Presents Dion DiMucci

Bishop Barron Presents | Dion DiMucci – The Rock n’ Roll Philosopher

Bishop Robert Barron

July 11, 2025

Dion DiMucci joined Bishop Barron to discuss rock n’ roll, profound tragedy, fighting addiction, and the breakthrough of divine grace.

‘The Exorcist’ and the Devil

Matthew Malone

July 11, 2025

There are forces beyond the power of science, medicine, or technology that the Church alone has the means to battle and conquer.

Evangelization & Culture Journal Highlight
Finding God in the Blues
Fr. Stephen Gadberry
Music is the cry of a voice that resides deep within us. The cry beckons and believes it will be heard. In theological terms, music is an expression of hope and faith. In the hardest, darkest moments of life, music accompanies. It serves as a salve for our weary souls. In the greatest, most joyful moments, it gives wings to our soul.
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Artificial Ignorance
Dr. Michael Hanby
What happens when we so completely conform our intelligence to the thoughtless, uncomprehending, algorithmic “intelligence” of AI, and we offload onto it the last vestiges of the intelligence that once defined our humanity—our memory, our attention, and our judgment?
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