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THE UNDOCUMENTED/ A movie on the tragedy of immigration

The movie “The Undocumented” dramatically shows how migrants continue to die in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, in an effort to walk into the United States. By ALLISON SALERNO
5/10/2013
Allison Salerno

MEDIA & GOSNELL/ News, Truth, and the Common Good

FR. ROBERT ARAUJO comments on the thunderous and amazing reticence of much of the media in reporting the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell and his intentional killing of new born babies
4/22/2013
Robert John Araujo

MOVIE/ "Admission:" From Thoughtful Book to Funny Movie

ALLISON SALERNO comments on the novel “Admission”, that has been adapted to the big screen for a movie of the same name, on the background of the Ivy League college admissions process
4/4/2013
Allison Salerno

ART/ The hope of Pope Francis is the same as that of John and Peter

FRANCESCO BACCANELLI comments on the painting by Eugène Burnand describing John and Peter running to the tomb of Jesus moved by hope, the same hope Pope Francis spoke of in his first Mass
4/1/2013
Francesco Baccanelli

BENEDICT/ "The Infancy Narratives:" Compelling Gift from a Pope Emeritus

Reading "The Infancy Narratives" by Pope Benedict makes us understand the heart of the man who worked all his days - and continues to now - to fix our gaze on Christ. ALLISON SALERNO
3/21/2013
Allison Salerno

WRITERS/ In Praise of Michael O’Brien

WEBSTER BULL reviews the work of Canadian Catholic novelist Michael O’Brien, and the important lessons drawn about the decline of Christian art and the hopes that exist for its resurgence
3/2/2013
Webster Bull

CAPOTE/ "In Cold Blood": Heartache and Violence

According to ALLISON SALERNO, the Truman Capote's 1966 book on the massacre of the Clutter family still offers a perspective on the violence that saturates so much of American society
2/28/2013
Allison Salerno

MOVIES/ " Le grand voyage": A father and son pilgrimage

A father and son pilgrimage to Mecca in the French film, Le grand voyage, reminds SHARON MOLLERUS of hers to Lourdes and of the witness of so many people seeking an answer to their life
2/23/2013
Sharon Mollerus

AMOUR/ A striking amount of beauty, but a tragic outcome

The French film Amour is a powerful, realistic portrayal of one spouse's care and love for the other in the twilight of their lives. But with a tragic outcome. GERARD BRUNGARDT
2/22/2013
Gerard Brungardt

MUSIC/ Johnny Cash, Redemption and Me

For ALLISON SALERNO Johnny Cash was a man full of desire, passion, fury and humor. His life can be called a big hot mess, but he realised to be a sinner and sought redemption his whole life
2/7/2013
Allison Salerno

WRITING/ Advice to the Unwary Memoirist: Leave It Lay

WEBSTER BULL describes the difficult work of writing memoirs. And how friends can help you in doing it. It can be also confusing, and not only when you are young. But there is an antidote
1/29/2013
Webster Bull

LEWIS/ To Narnia and the north: journeying with a Presence

SCOTT DODGE reflects on Lewis’ A Horse and His Boy, one of the novels in The Chronicles of Narnia and underlines how Lewis gives a brilliant account of how Christ works in our lives
1/28/2013
Scott Dodge

NEW YORK ENCOUNTER/ Congdon: “Reclaiming the Freedom to Reclaim the Object”

At the New York Encounter, Francis Greene spoke on Liberty in Modern and Contemporary Art showing the impossibility to detach art from the basic human call for freedom. By ADAM GIANCOLA
1/23/2013
Adam Giancola

READING/ Chesterton on the intolerance of friendship

SCOTT DODGE reviews the position of Chesterton on tolerance, and concludes that for Chesterton the response to the tyranny of tolerance is a form of intolerance: it's called friendship
1/18/2013
Scott Dodge

MOVIE/ A Restless Vacation

SHARON MOLLERUS reviews an old French film that describes the restless vacation of a girl try to run away from loneliness. A problem which is still very present in the today’s society
1/16/2013
Sharon Mollerus

MOVIE/ Can Anna Karenina Be Saved?

WEBSTER BULL comments on the latest American film on Anna Karenina. The Tolstoy novel is based on traditional principles of morality and natural law, and Hollywood has left those behind
12/28/2012
Webster Bull

MEDIA/ The Pope, Twitter, and Joyce Carol Oates

DINO D’AGATA discusses Pope Benedict XVI’s new Twitter account and how others are reacting to it, including the New York Times and the poet and author Joyce Carol Oates.
12/13/2012
Dino D'Agata

UK/ The Leveson Report and responses from the press

The debate on the Leveson Report is focused around the issue of whether the oversight of media ethics should be carried out by the state, by the industry itself, or by an independent body
12/10/2012
Tom Lewis

READING/ Aeneas, the strength of a prophecy against the evil of mankind

GIULIA REGOLIOSI comments on why Virgil’s Aeneas does not appeal to readers today, and on how the epic poem actually has come interesting things to say to modern people.
12/7/2012
Giulia Regoliosi

ANNA KARENINA/ A film that is a tribute to Tolstoy and to Hollywood

EMANUELE RAUCO reviews Anna Karenina, Joe Wright’s film of Tolstoy’s great novel, commenting on the acting and the theatrical devices that give life to the story.
12/6/2012
Emanuele Rauco
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