What the Catholic Church Could Learn from “Conclave”

By Jim McDermott | December 4, 2024

The Oscar-worthy film is an entertaining depiction of a papal election. But it has some lessons for the real-life cardinals who will be electing the next pope.

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Re-Reading “Twilight”: Reinterpreting Gender, Sacrifice, and Agency

By Raemae Kok | November 26, 2024

I loved Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga” as a teenager. A decade later, I see how she reinterprets religious archetypes while subtly promoting traditional and harmful messages about gender roles and reproductive rights.

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Jewish Ritual Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

By Alice Isabella Sullivan | November 22, 2024

In a new exhibition, the story of Jewish ritual art emerges as culturally diverse, complex, sensorially rich, full of memory, and intentionally beautiful.

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Fordham Professor Chinmayi Sharma Imagines a “Hippocratic Oath” for AI

By Jim McDermott | November 4, 2024

The explosive growth and transformative impacts of this emerging technology require ethical standards, argues a legal scholar.

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