Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. O Romeo, Romeo, what doth thou story teach us? Romeo and Juliet are, perhaps, literature’s most iconic lovers — but does their story reflect a specifically Christian world view. Literary biographer Joseph Pearce says yes — because their creator William Shakespeare was a closeted…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s Dolores Hart was a young, beautiful and talented actress who had starred alongside the likes of Elvis Presley (Loving You, King Creole), Anthony Quinn (Wild is the Wind) and Montgomery Clift (Lonelyhearts). By the time she made…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Friend of the Poor: The Pope Francis Story. As reported here on Wednesday, that’s the title of producer Christian Peschken’s just-announced a film on the life of Jorge Bergoglio, the man who would become Pope. It’s a major project with $25 million budget and…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Out now: Pope Francis: His Life in His Own Words (Putnam). Award-winning journalists Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti’s authorized bio of the first Latin-American pontiff is the result of a series of interviews with Jorge Bergoglio conducted over the course of two years when…

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