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

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

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

Dr. Kody W. Cooper 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.

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

Caroline Kurt 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.

Dr. LuElla D'Amico 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 saints.

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

Dr. Kody W. Cooper When Montgomery County acted to obstruct the most fundamental of parental rights, it acted tyrannically—and we should be thankful the Court put a stop to it.

Dr. Richard DeClue It might not be easy for theologians to keep their contrarian opinions out of the view of the general public, but it is what is asked of them.