
When a Movie Merges with a Metaphysical Message
COMMENTARY: As a science fiction movie from 1957 tells us, echoing the words of St. Thomas Aquinas, size does not determine the nature of a being.
COMMENTARY: As a science fiction movie from 1957 tells us, echoing the words of St. Thomas Aquinas, size does not determine the nature of a being.
Sister Laura Baritz, a leading Catholic figure in Hungary who left a successful career at Pepsi to embrace religious life, discusses the situation of Christians in her country and her mission of promoting more human-centered economic systems.
St. Thomas Aquinas explains that Christ’s descent to hell fulfilled many purposes.
Aquinas was a Dominican friar and priest and is considered one of the Church’s greatest teachers, philosophers, and theologians.
BOOK PICK: ‘By Strange Ways’ offers tales of Catholic converts.
Father Thomas Joseph White has witnessed both a new academic emphasis on historical accuracy regarding the 13th-century saint and attention to his potential contemporary relevance.
BOOK PICKS: Reads for our times
COMMENTARY: ‘How is it that the billions of stars live in such harmony,’ Aquinas asked, ‘when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?’
BOOK PICK: ‘The Seven Steps to Sanctification’
Book Pick: The How-To Book of Catholic Theology
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