Posts Tagged ‘Center on Religion and Culture’
The Conclave Bandwagon
If there is one thing that papal prognosticators seem to agree on — and nothing about this week’s conclave seems at all certain — it’s that the conclave will be short, likely two days, three at most. There will be an initial vote on Wednesday evening when the cardinal-electors first enter the Sistine Chapel and…
Read MorePope Donald? Trump would hate it
Donald Trump’s papal trolling campaign reached new heights, or hit new lows, depending on your point of view, when he posted on social media an A.I.-generated image of himself as pope, complete with white mitre. “Catholic outrage grows over ‘Pope Trump’ image on official White House media,” ran the headline in the National Catholic Reporter.…
Read MoreA Synodal Conclave
One of Pope Francis’ pivotal legacies is his revival of the Catholic Church’s practice of synodality. It is also one of the least understood and most contested innovations of his papacy. The very word sounds odd and it’s certainly not as appealing or well known as catchphrases such as “Who am I to judge?” or…
Read MoreUncle Bob
When I was working on my story last month about Denzel Washington’s work while a student at Fordham and now on Broadway in Othello, I kept running across the name of a theater professor: Robert Stone. He had been one of Washington’s acting teachers and the two performed together in Fordham’s production of Othello. Stone,…
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