Pope Francis’s Beauty and Art
“Proclaiming Christ means showing that to believe in and to follow him is not only something right and true, but also something beautiful, capable of filling life with new splendor and profound joy,...
View ArticleThis Crazy Pope
“Good Letters” is pleased today to welcome Morgan Meis as a regular contributor. Read Image’s interview with Morgan here. There were hints of craziness from the very first day. Pope Francis—Jorge Mario...
View ArticleInternet Jubilee: A Holy Year of Mercy
On a recent Sunday, my pastor preached on the idea of the jubilee year as outlined in Leviticus, a time when debts are settled, slaves are set free, and land is returned to families. Last month, Pope...
View ArticleThe Thing Itself: Art and Poverty, Part 1
The following is adapted from a presentation given at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley in January 2015 during a convocation on the topic “Blessed Are You Poor: What Does It...
View ArticlePoets and Pope Embrace our Planet
Poets have no problem seeing the world evolving within God’s care. Okay, that’s too general a statement. Let’s just take some of the poets in the special issue of Image (#85) on “Evolution and the...
View ArticleCanticle of Creation
By Brian Volck This post was made possible through the support of a grant from The BioLogos Foundation’s Evolution and Christian Faith program. The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not...
View ArticleSave the Economy: Read the Classics
I was reading Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si when I began an article called “What is Wrong with the West’s Economies?” Published in the August 13, 2015 issue of The New York Review of Books, the...
View ArticleThe Pope’s Call to Saintliness
Did you know that you’re meant to be a saint? So says Pope Francis, in his latest Apostolic Exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad). An Apostolic Exhortation is a communication to...
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