A couple of years ago, I headed on out to Villanova University to hear writer and author Jim Forest talk […]
Thom Nickels: The changing face of Jesus
In August 2011, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Louvre, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, organized the Rembrandt and […]
Thom Nickels: When religious charities get secular politics
“When your cup overflows, it’s your time to shine,” said nobody in history, as far as I can tell. Yet […]
Thom Nickels: Faith, identity, and the questions that remain
An organization called FRIEDA, located at 320 Walnut Street, bills itself as “connecting generations to strengthen our community.” This membership-based […]
Thom Nickels: Harvard’s atheist chaplain
The current chief chaplain at Harvard University is an atheist who’s never seen the inside of a foxhole. Greg Epstein, […]
Questions at the font — journalists visit the Mormon Temple
Several years ago, I participated in a press tour of Philadelphia’s new Mormon temple. On the way to the event, […]
Olivia Brink: Ten thousand steps toward understanding
I am on my eighth lap of the perfectly rectangular fifth floor. The linoleum floors squeak obnoxiously with each step […]
Thom Nickels: New hope from Rome?
After the disastrous Pope Francis papacy — his war on traditionalist Catholic communities and his globalist embrace of unchecked migration […]
Christine Flowers: An American Pope for the 21st century
There have only been two times in my life when I cried over a Pope. The first was in April […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Four books and one story that changed everything
This spring, I re-read four books. Actually, they are four parts of a much larger Book. Having read them dozens […]