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Stephen G. Adubato is a writer and educator based in New York. He is also the host of the Cracks in Postmodernity blog and podcast.

Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in a scene from ‘La Dolce Vita’ shot in the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Stephen G. Adubato
Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” scandalized Italian audiences. But it was a group of Jesuit priests who were determined to offer a more nuanced interpretation of the film.
Arts & CultureFilm
Stephen G. Adubato
Two new films on the lives of Mother Seton and Mother Cabrini are placing the spotlight on lesser-emphasized aspects of these holy women’s lives.
Dorothy Day in her bedroom at the Catholic Worker in New York City
FaithIdeas
Stephen G. Adubato
Dorothy Day synthesized seemingly contradictory values with insight and nuance. Perhaps the most perplexing of her beliefs were those on sexuality and romantic love.
FaithFaith and Reason
Stephen G. Adubato
In Holy Saturday meditations, the late pope engaged postmodern thought in exploring the thorniest of church beliefs.
Mariah Carey at the Saint Regis Hotel on June 9, 2014 (Alamy)
Arts & CultureMusic
Stephen G. Adubato
Listening to the album anew, I can see how Carey’s songs shed light on the spiritual and psychological struggles of children of divorce (like Mariah Carey and I).
Singer Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) at Soldier Field on August 20, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois (Photo by Daniel DeSlover/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Arts & CultureMusic
Stephen G. Adubato
Bad Bunny’s allusions to God, astrology and spiritism speak to young people who find themselves bored with middle-of-the-road secularism.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Stephen G. Adubato
The music industry didn’t know what do with Lauryn Hill’s rare, self-confessing and Christ-centered performance.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Stephen G. Adubato
The singer’s pain was rooted in a keen awareness of her heart’s yearning for love and meaning.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Stephen G. Adubato
A new exhibition reveals a side of Andy Warhol few probably know: his deeply-etched religious faith.
In a still taken from “Unguarded” (© Camino NYC Productions), courtesy of its director of photography Bruno Tiezzi, a “recuperando,” for “those in recovery,” stands before the entrance to the prison, over which hangs the APAC slogan: “Here enters the person, the crime stays outside.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Stephen G. Adubato
Criminals “are not dangerous people. They are only people who are not sufficiently loved.”