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Pope Francis is pictured after answering questions from journalists aboard his flight from Iqaluit, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, to Rome July 29, 2022.
Politics & SocietyIdeas
Jim McDermott
Prior to 1964, no pope had left Italy for 150 years. The advent of the 747 and long-haul flights enabled popes to finally visit the world, and the world to visit the pope.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Kristin Weston
Should James Cameron have involved more Indigenous creatives in making a movie rooted in Native American history?
Arts & CultureIdeas
Richard G. Malloy
Jordan Peterson has gained celebrity by offering strategies for coping with modernity. But his fellow Canadian, the Jesuit Bernard Lonergan, offered strategies that were more holistic in nature and incorporated the whole community.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Jim McDermott
Instead of focusing on what some critic or pundit has to say about what was important from the last year, what would it be like if we went through our own calendars and credit card statements and made top 10 lists of our own?
Arts & CultureIdeas
Atar Hadari
Mario Puzo's novels are shot through with religious themes—but almost never with genuinely religious characters.
“Of Gods and Men” (2011) shows its monks as individuals drawn like awestruck moths to the flame of Christ’s love. (CNS photo/Sony Pictures Classics)
Arts & CultureIdeas
Eve Tushnet
There are some truly excellent films about monks, with deep insights into the love of God and the nature of sacrifice. But why aren’t there more?