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Nick Ripatrazone

March 01, 2023
When Fr John P Meier died in October 2022, the world lost a renowned Catholic biblical scholar – whose ambitious, multi-volume project, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, was praised by Pope Benedict XVI as “outstanding both in its thoroughness and its accuracy” and a “model of historical-critical exegesis.” Meier was the prototypical Catholic
February 01, 2023
Nick Ripatrazone considers the work of the renowned and often controversial Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh
January 03, 2023
A new book exploring forgiveness through contemporary literature gives Nick Ripatrazone much to ponder
December 02, 2022
Nick Ripatrazone reads a well-worn copy of The Imitation of Christ in a freshly-mown field
October 01, 2022
Nick Ripatrazone considers why The Exorcist has always been and still remains such a powerful film – and a very Catholic film
August 12, 2022
In the same way that the convent’s walls are breached by wind, they are also not immune to scandal.
June 28, 2022
Catholic education includes an emphasis on cultivation of the body through sport, says Nick Ripatrazone, introducing the young to fortitude and justice
May 02, 2022
Nick Ripatrazone finds the latest series about the artist perfectly depicts the startling paradoxes that guided his life and work The final episode of The Andy Warhol Diaries, a new six-part documentary series on Netflix about the pop artist’s life and work, examines how the HIV/Aids epidemic roiled New York City in the Eighties. Bronx
March 30, 2022
Mark Wahlberg slogs it out in ‘Father Stu’
March 01, 2022
Nick Ripatrazone examines the role of faith in the work of the celebrated media theorist who coined the phrase ‘the medium is the message’
July 01, 2021
Nick Ripatrazone looks at Sting’s Catholic imagination and the use of religion in his music
June 01, 2021
American public education is often reduced to caricature, but in reality it is a great democratic experiment, and Catholic teachers – with an eye toward inclusion rather than proselytising – can be an essential element within the world of public schools.
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