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The way of the cross
In November 2023, Business Insider reported that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was officially “the biggest movie franchise in history, having earned more than $29 billion worldwide.” That is a mind-blowing amount of money. Why are the Marvel films so popular?...
Does the Bible Support Capital Punishment?
A number of years ago, I heard American conservative political commentator Matt Walsh describe how he had changed his mind on support for the death penalty. Given Walsh’s Catholic faith, this did not particularly surprise me, but over the years I was surprised to see...
Nuancing into Nothingness
I sometimes wonder if the Christian church has ever been as tribalistic as it is today. Perhaps I am guilty of chronological snobbery for even asking the question, but, regardless, extreme tribalism is certainly an unhealthy characteristic of large segments of the...
Baptizatus sum
It is said that, when Martin Luther struggled with fear or despair, he would write on his desk, in chalk, baptizatus sum (“I am baptised”). He found strength and comfort in the thought of his baptism. Baptism was, as it were, an objective anchor against doubt and...
The evangelical pope
One of the struggles that emerged from the Protestant Reformation was the battle over authority. The Catholic Church vested—and continues to vest—equal authority in Scripture, tradition, and the magisterium (the teaching authority of the church). In Catholic thought,...
More than Information
In November 2022, OpenAI released the now wildly popular ChatGPT, which it styles as “an AI-powered language model … capable of generating human-like text based on context and past conversations.” The platform raised, and continues to raise, all sorts of ethical...