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June 2015

June 17, 2015

America interviews TJP editor Michael Rossmann, SJ

Greetings from Los Angeles! The Jesuit Post editor-in-chief Michael Rossmann SJ and I are staying...

June 03, 2015

Jesus: A Pitiless Man?

What is pity? At times it may be the admirable quality that moves us to...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

Rosario Rodriguez on forgiving her attackers

I recently interviewed Rosario Rodriguez, a Los Angeles-based Catholic speaker who survived an attempted rape...

May 13, 2015

Leah Darrow: From America’s Next Top Model to Catholic inspirational speaker

Today I have an interview with former professional model Leah Darrow up at America magazine....

May 02, 2015

What could a celibate know about dating?

Being a celibate is about being in relationships and not about avoiding them. I work...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

The Tree of Life Revisited

We are nearing the fourth anniversary of the 64th Cannes Film Festival of 2011, where...

April 23, 2015

Being Polite about the Resurrection

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. –Shakespeare This past Easter Friday...

March 2015

March 07, 2015

Jesus, the Whip, and Justifying Violence

In a recent exchange on a Facebook feed about possible responses to the ISIS beheadings...

March 05, 2015

The Genius of Compassion: Big Hero Six

Disney's Big Hero Six takes the responsibility of speaking to children seriously, proposing that the...

March 04, 2015

Elizabeth Scalia at America: The Anchoress Speaks

Today I've got an interview up at America Magazine with our very own Elizabeth Scalia, managing...

March 01, 2015

Interviewing Camille Paglia

Thanks to her love for the Jesuits (her dad taught at LeMoyne College and she...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Now is the Time: Show me love

Have you seen the Coca Cola commercial #MakeItHappy? That odd synthesized chorus in the background...

February 16, 2015

A Preferential Option for LGBTQ Persons?

Ever since Vatican II we as a church have been unpacking what it means to...

February 12, 2015

Radicalizing Reconciliation

The movie Romero had a profound effect on me. It's the true story of archbishop Oscar...

February 05, 2015

The New Evangelization of FOCUS

If you haven't heard of FOCUS yet, now might be a good time to find...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

The Harder Task: Talking About Abortion

This evening, at our parish’s regular 5:30 pm Mass, I put on purple vestments, and...

January 15, 2015

America: Leah Libresco’s journey from atheist to Catholic

For those who don't know her, Patheos blogger Leah Libresco is a former atheist blogger...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Why Christmas Matters for Your Pets, or What Pope Francis Didn’t Say About Dogs

Every Christmas growing up, my family would go caroling at the dairy farms that were...

December 23, 2014

A Facebook Advent: On Waiting and God

I belong to that dying breed that is still (relatively) young and had remained untouched...

December 17, 2014

Collapsing the Faith/non-Faith Dichotomy in Teaching

The best teaching involves the whole person: their beliefs and views, their reasoning and arguments,...

December 15, 2014

Joyfully shipwrecked

There once was a ship that travelled far and wide. Some said it was as...

December 12, 2014

“Truth Eventually Wins Out,” Which Is Why Franciscan Needs to Reconsider Hayden’s Honorary Degree

“Truth eventually wins out; facts are stubborn things.” These were the words of General Michael...

December 09, 2014

In the Kingdom of the Enemy: Reading the Torture Report

Sin and violence has its own terrible internal logic, and the torture report shows us...

December 08, 2014

On Not Bumping Into the Furniture: The Immaculate Conception and Cooperation with Grace

The late great Avery Cardinal Dulles is reported by Schuyler Brown, a former student of...

December 01, 2014

Physicist Stephen Barr discusses faith and science

Dr. Stephen M. Barr, professor of physics at the University of Delaware, recently shared his...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

This Is What Authority Looks Like: Francis Bows Again

Too often, we talk about authority as a kind of force — but this is...

November 28, 2014

Between Mercy and Cheap Grace: Martin and Douthat on the Synod

Nathan O'Halloran responds to James Martin's and Ross Douthat's correspondence about the synod, from his...

November 27, 2014

There’s More to Man in Interstellar and The Giver

Memory, like sleep, hath powers which dreams obey, Dreams, vivid dreams, that are not fugitive:...

November 24, 2014

Breaking the Internet; My Heart

I have spent more time than I care to admit - by which I...

November 09, 2014

How Should I Die?

Brittany Maynard’s decision to euthanize herself has recently garnered much attention. A perhaps lesser-known but...