In 1901, Rev. Maltbie Babcock wrote in a well-known hymn that God “shines in all that’s fair.” Like Calvin, Edwards, and Babcock before her, Marilynne Robinson presents in her writings a world suffused with theological significance. Robinson is known primarily as a novelist, but anyone who has . . . . Continue Reading »
Fleabag is not a nice Catholic show. In many ways it’s grotesque. But one privilege of well-made art is the ability to tell the truth by mistake. Continue Reading »
A Hidden Life’s themes are timely for a world unable to differentiate between the nature of tyranny and the nature of different contemporary movements. Continue Reading »
Mao’s successors concede that trying to kill religion is not realistic, but that religion poses a mortal threat to communist rule and must be controlled. Continue Reading »
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah see priestly celibacy, and the sacrifices (but also the joy) it entails, as vital to the life of the Church. Continue Reading »