As a media literacy educator, I watch a lot of movies and streaming shows to be able to reflect on theology and the popular culture.

We are surrounded by electronic mass media. Television news tells us what we need to care about, advertisements tell us what we can’t live without,

This year marks the 500th anniversary of artist Raphael’s death. This painter would glean the best qualities of his contemporaries, Leonardo and Michelangelo, to create

When Raffaello di Giovanni Santi (or Sanzio), known to his friends and the world as Raphael, completed his masterpiece tondo titled “The Alba Madonna” in

“This is the night,” the church sings out again and again in a poetic hymn dating far back in Christian history called the Exsultet. It

If Lent is a time for reflection, service and sacrifice, and drawing closer to God, Easter follows with a stunningly wonderful message of joy and

Years ago when I taught high school theology, I was tasked with developing a curriculum for senior students focused on bioethics and the church’s moral

What would a Palm Sunday procession or Mass be without the presence of its namesake — the palm? The palm branch represents victory and peace

Forgiveness — both seeking and offering it — is one of the great challenges of our Catholic faith. But it is also among its greatest

When I was 17 years old, I bumped into a bush and lodged a thorn in my elbow muscle. I pulled the thorn out, cleaned

A traditional way to approach the Lenten practice of almsgiving is to give from the excess that you create by fasting. For example, according to

Lent is a time of sacrifice. We strive to unite ourselves with the suffering of Jesus, walking with him in the desert, agonizing with him