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Voices
John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Dougherty
Sometimes you have to leave home to find home. That’s the paradox of the immigrant experience, portrayed beautifully in “Brooklyn.”
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John Dougherty
Dorothy Day called for “a revolution of the heart,” a shift away from self-interest to solidarity. That isn’t accomplished by a single election.
Mats Steen was known as Ibelin in the video game World of Warcraft (World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment/Netflix)
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John Dougherty
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” presents the internet as a place where true connection is possible and limitations can be transcended.
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John Dougherty
In ’Millions,’ Nine-year-old Damian’s relationship with the saints is stylized and often comical, but it also feels honest.
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John Dougherty
Dr. Frankenstein has harnessed the divine power to create life, without sparing a thought to the responsibility that entails.
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John Dougherty
“Nosferatu” is a potent portrait of evil, both supernatural and mundane.
Rooney Mara stars in a scene from the movie “A Ghost Story” 
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John Dougherty
Ghost stories speak to how deeply we love, but also to a desire to prolong our lives however we can.
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John Dougherty
"All That Breathes" links environmental degradation with the degradation of human beings.
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John Dougherty
The documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story" shows us how the man beneath the cape embraced off-screen heroism by accepting his own vulnerable humanity.
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John Dougherty
A public toilet cleaner who lives alone, Hirayama has discovered deep meaning and beauty in a life that others would demean or reject.