Voices
The Rev. Robert E. Lauder is a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn and a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University, N.Y. He is the author of several books, including Pope Francis’ Profound Personalism and Poverty and Pope Francis’ Spirituality and Our Story.
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The good news for anyone whose literary tastes have been strongly influenced by the Catholic novels of Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Francois Mauriac, Georges Bernanos and more is this: The new Alice McDermott novel, 'Absolution,' has arrived.
FaithFaith in Focus
Centering prayer helps me find those places in my heart where God's grace is playing.
FaithFaith in Focus
The first step in an evangelizing relationship is that the evangelizer be evangelized.
Over 50 years as a priest I have read many profound books of theology and philosophy, from Jean Mouroux’s The Meaning of Man to Jacques Maritain’s True Humanism to Romano Guardini’s The Church and the Catholic and The Spirit of the Liturgy. These books deeply affected me because th
Film
The bleak, brilliant vision of 'Blue Jasmine'
Film
Terrence Malick's 'To the Wonder' is a demanding but ultimately richly rewarding film.
Film
Sin and grace in the work of Martin Scorsese
Film
'Saviors in the Night' captures the terror of the Holocaust without ever taking us to the concentration camps.
Theater
Jacques Maritain once said the face is naturally sacred. Yet so is the whole body.
