When did 'conversion' become a dirty word?Bishop Robert Barron
I have recently returned from World Youth Day in Lisbon, where I gave five presentations, each one of which, as I promised, was evangelical in purpose. I made that promise in response to Cardinal-elect ...
Thoughts on World Youth Day in Lisbon Bishop Robert Barron
I've just returned from World Youth Day in Lisbon, my fourth experience of this unique gathering. I had attended the celebrations in Madrid (2011), Krakow (2016), and Panama (2019), but in many ways, ...
'Oppenheimer's' frownBishop Robert Barron
Cillian Murphy, who beautifully evokes the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's new film, wears, through about 85 percent of the movie, a worried frown. Nolan does not lionize Oppenheimer ...
World Youth Day and converting everyone to Christ Bishop Robert Barron
You have probably heard by now that a statement made by Bishop Américo Aguiar has caused quite a stir. Aguiar is the auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, Portugal, and he is the chief coordinator of the upcoming ...
'Mrs. Davis' and getting off the gridBishop Robert Barron
"Mrs. Davis," currently streaming on the Peacock network, is my favorite show. It is quirky as all get out, featuring a quest for the Holy Grail, an imprisoned pope, a journey inside the intestines of ...
Why the Ascension of the Lord matters Bishop Robert Barron
The feast of the Ascension of the Lord, which the Church celebrates toward the end of the Easter season, is, I admit, hard to explain to a lot of contemporary people. Jesus passed, in bodily form, from ...
Our Lady of Fatima and a theological reading of historyBishop Robert Barron
We are celebrating the 106th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady to a group of shepherd children near the Portuguese town of Fatima. The series of Fatima appearances -- lasting from May until ...
Proportionalism: An old but stubborn foe Bishop Robert Barron
Speaking last week at a conference in Italy, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life and grand chancellor of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage ...
