2015-09-24T16:39:39-08:00

Last updated on: September 24, 2015 at 4:39 pm   By

This week, I headed over to Sony Studios in Culver City, California, for a screening (and monster cupcakes!) connected to the Friday, Sept. 25, release of the new animated film, “Hotel Transylvania 2.” It’s a sequel to the 2012 “Hotel Transylvania,” in which Count Dracula (Adam Sandler) realizes that human slacker Jonathan (Andy Samberg) from Santa Cruz, California, has discovered the castle-turned-hotel he runs as a hideaway for monsters seeking to escape the human world. And worse yet, Jonathan and... Read more

2015-09-24T12:26:46-08:00

Last updated on: September 24, 2015 at 12:26 pm   By

The lives of chaplains have become increasingly complicated, as, especially in the military, they’re often asked to minister without making inconvenient references to God. No doubt, we’ll come to regret not allowing people hired to give spiritual guidance to actually do that, but at least for now, being a chaplain still means something — and it certainly did in the past. In my email box today is news of an upcoming special that honors those who serve the cause of... Read more

2015-09-24T12:16:15-08:00

Last updated on: September 24, 2015 at 12:16 pm   By

Over at CatholicVote, I look at the way that Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. has dominated the news coverage the last few days. There’s so much love for, and interest in, him — and yet most of TV and movies is indifferent or hostile to Catholicism. As the Apostles would tell us, this is not so much a problem as an opportunity. Here’s a taste: I’m not asking you to go out there and exclusively produce religious art. These... Read more

2015-09-24T12:16:36-08:00

Last updated on: September 24, 2015 at 12:16 pm   By

In a world full of appointed ambassadors and official representatives, sometimes the most interesting international interactions happen in the least likely way — and feature the least likely folks. Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch — a k a “Beast Mode” — is one of most intimidating players in the NFL. He’s not the largest, but he may be one of the fiercest and most determined. Rather than me describing Lynch in action, just take a look: Born in 1986... Read more

2015-09-21T16:21:51-08:00

Last updated on: September 21, 2015 at 4:21 pm   By

Reports are coming out of Mexico that the father and brother of Alejandro Monteverde — the co-writer and director of the 2015 faith-based film “Little Boy” — were murdered in Mexico. Per the Latin Times: Juan Manuel Gómez Fernández and Juan Manuel Gómez Monteverde were kidnapped when they left their home in Tampico, Tamaulipas 16 days ago, their bodies were found in Pueblo Viejo, Veracruz on September 19, officials informed. The victims were reported missing to the authorities on September 4, 2015. A communicate issued... Read more

2025-08-08T19:51:10-08:00

Last updated on: August 8, 2025 at 7:51 pm   By

Says Catholic former NFL player Matt Birk. “The game will bring you to your knees, so you might as well start there." Read more

2015-09-17T13:42:00-08:00

Last updated on: September 17, 2015 at 1:42 pm   By

If anyone worried that the issue of Planned Parenthood and the sale of aborted-baby body parts would fade away from the news, those who tuned into the two GOP presidential debates on Wednesday, Sept. 16, got an earful. Standing in front of a retired Air Force One at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, several of the candidates addressed the string of undercover videos dealing with the organization’s trade in the body parts of aborted infants for... Read more

2015-09-14T13:13:56-08:00

Last updated on: September 14, 2015 at 1:13 pm   By

The Queen of Soul is going to sing for the Vicar of Christ. Today (Sept. 14), ESM Productions announced that legendary singer Aretha Franklin will perform for Pope Francis at the Festival of Families on Sept. 26, one step in the pontiff’s Apostolic Visit to the United States. Catholic actor Mark Wahlberg is host of the event, along with Catholic comic Jim Gaffigan, star of Comedy Central’s “The Jim Gaffigan Show,” and Grammy-nominated rock band The Fray, which has also... Read more

2015-09-13T07:53:21-08:00

Last updated on: September 13, 2015 at 7:53 am   By

Over at CatholicVote, I offer some thoughts on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and on the new feature-length documentary about him, available in theaters and elsewhere. Here’s a taste: The fact that Jobs tried to deny his eldest child and was cruelly indifferent to her mother (despite having himself been conceived out of wedlock and then adopted); that he could be tyrannical, demanding and autocratic at work; that he was averse to sharing (credit, profits, etc.) and positively allergic to paying American taxes;... Read more

2015-09-12T15:43:09-08:00

Last updated on: September 12, 2015 at 3:43 pm   By

In the latest issue of The Tidings, the newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, I offer a followup to my previous interviews with Bishop Robert Barron — click here and here for those — with a more in-depth profile, which goes into his vocation and vision for the Church. Here’s a taste: As for his own vocation, Bishop Barron, 55, said he was drawn into the Church as a teenager because of St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of... Read more

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