Voices
John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, Pa.
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“Singin’ in the Rain” inspires us to meet pivotal moments with creativity, cooperation and a desire to achieve the greatest possible good.
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Would you believe that there’s a Jesuit rom-com? It sounds like a joke, but that is a fairly accurate description of “Crossroads,” a 2006 film written and directed by Murray Robinson.
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The protagonist of “Porco Rosso” is a pig literally and metaphorically: He’s rude, cocksure and a notorious womanizer.
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“The Godfather Part III” (1990) is the most explicitly Catholic entry in the series.
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Despite his performative Catholicism, Michael Corleone puts more stock in the American vision of freedom than the Christian one.
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The fact that audiences see the story as aspirational is more of a reflection on us as fallen people than the film itself.
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“Sister Act” embodies the welcoming spirit of a church willing to go out into the street.
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These are films that I find meaningful and believe resonate with our faith—particularly our call to love our L.G.B.T.Q. siblings and to uphold their human dignity.
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What makes a family a family: that they look like the model, or the way that they love each other?
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What do we do when we find ourselves, or someone we love, torn between convictions and relationships?