Few people know J.R.R. Tolkien better than Joseph Pearce. The renowned literary biographer has studied Tolkien for decades and has written many books on his fellow Englishman. He has also also taught two eight-lecture courses on Tolkien’s work for the Catholic Courses program, one on The Lord of the Rings and the other on The …
Rare is it you get to talk with one of your heroes about another hero. But I recently had that pleasure while chatting with Fr. Robert Barron about Pope Benedict XVI and his latest book, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives (Image Books, 2012.) Fr. Barron hardly needs an introduction. The newly-minted Rector of Mundelein …
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Fr. Robert Barron and his Word on Fire ministry just released the official video trailer for their next film series, titled Catholicism: The New Evangelization. The documentary follows the success of Fr. Barron’s ten-part Catholicism series. In this one he travels around the world, looking for examples of “new ardor, new expressions, and new methods” …
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NOTE: Check out books #15-#11 and #10-#6. You might also enjoy my favorite books from 2011 and 2010. “The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.” — Anthony Trollope This was a relatively slow reading year for me. After knocking …
According to Fr. Robert Barron, Les Misérables is “replete with Christian themes and can’t be understood apart from the Christian worldview.” Here he unpacks the Christian, and specifically Catholic, symbolism within the story. What did think about the Les Misérables film?
