The fact remains that vulnerability and recognition operate on time binds that are both incommensurable and disproportionate to the ways…
Pope Francis
The cardinal’s new clothes?
Perhaps predictably, then, given the show’s nature, Heavenly Bodies thus focuses on Catholicism’s pomp, rather than its poverty. Both the…
Pope Francis and intellectual humility
[Pope] Francis repeatedly emphasizes that ideas and realities must be in continuous dialogue. This is a refreshing and ever-timely affirmation…
Death Be Not Proud—A reply
What I suggest in my book is that Donne’s sermon, like many other discussions of attention and distraction in early…
Catholic Humanitas: Notes on Critical Catholic Studies
Contemporary engagement with embodied practices of Latin American transnational migrancy, as well as the long durée of the return…
Pope Francis reaffirms belief in evolution
Addressing the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on October 27, Pope Francis stated that not only are…
A “pastoral earthquake” in Rome?
On October 13th, the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, an assembly convened by Pope Francis, released a relatio post…
Pope Francis and liberation theology
One year into Francis’s papacy, many observers—both inside and outside the Catholic community—are still holding their breath. He has certainly…
Politics and the “People’s Pope”
Last Friday, Politico Magazine published an article on Pope Francis, his approval ratings, and ways that our President could learn from His…
A changing papacy?
On December 11, Time Magazine named Pope Francis its 2013 “Person of the Year.” The award, according to Time, seeks to honor the…