A new book explores rock music’s surprising relationship with Christian truth, including connections made between pop icon Taylor Swift’s lyrics and Pope Benedict XVI’s teachings on love. “It’s meant to model theologically reflective and discerning listening,” Father Christian Raab, the editor of
A new documentary about the Duggar family of “19 Kids and Counting” fame offers a stark warning for celebrity Catholic evangelists, writes Leticia Ochoa Adams. Too often, as high-profile Christians gain popularity, their ministries become more about themselves and less about leading
In "Moonage Daydream" David Bowie gives an almost accidental testimony to the futility of running, and the gentling power of light over darkness, when love is finally found.
Chris Rock has garnered attention for the abortion jokes he made in his new Netflix comedy special, “Selective Outrage.” The remarks have drawn comments and criticism from figures as diverse as Live Action’s Lila Rose to the Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille
Recently, pop star Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” which included a song that has generated some buzz because of its lyrics that many have taken to mean that Swift has lost a child to a miscarriage. Whether that’s true
Last week, in a video interview with Bishop Robert Barron, actor Shia LaBeouf said that while preparing to play St. Padre Pio in a biopic of the Italian saint, he experienced a profound conversion to Catholicism. In a new column, Father Patrick
Writer David Mills explores our society’s fascination with celebrity culture and the choices we make to try to model our own behavior after that of the rich and famous: “The problem isn’t just that admiring celebrities means admiring images created by people
Managing editor Scott Warden looks at a recent GQ profile of pop star Justin Bieber, whose misdeeds as a teenager were well chronicled by TMZ and People magazine. Now, the singer is speaking about the life he lived then, the life he’s
Teresa Tomeo writes that in actress Michelle Williams' recent speech at the Golden Globes, she fed into a twisted and archaic system that is still encouraging women to terminate their own children in order to be successful. One very sad message that