Fr. Robert Barron on “Les Misérables”
by Bishop Robert Barron
Filed under Movies/TV
According to Fr. Robert Barron, Les Misérables is "replete with themes and can't be understood apart from the Christian worldview." Here he explores the story's decidedly Catholic symbolism. What did think about the Les Misérables film? (Image credit: Paste Magazine) Read More →
Scientism and God’s Existence (Video)
by Bishop Robert Barron
Filed under Science
Fr. Robert Barron comments on the explanatory limitations of science when it comes to the question of whether God exists: "To appeal to matter or science is to appeal to something that is, by its very nature, contingent. What we have to come to, finally, is some reality that is radically other than the universe...Philosophy can shed some light on God but the one thing the sciences can never do is eliminate the possibility of God." (Image credit: Potolok) Read More →
Einstein and God
by Bishop Robert Barron
Filed under Christianity and Science
It was recently revealed that, toward the end of his life, Albert Einstein wrote a letter in which he dismissed belief in God as superstitious and characterized the stories in the Bible as childish. During a time when atheists have emerged rather aggressively in the popular culture, it was, to say the least, discouraging to hear that the most brilliant scientist of the twentieth century seemed to be antipathetic to religion. It appeared as though Einstein would have agreed with the Christopher Hitchens... Read More
Why I Loved to Listen to Christopher Hitchens
by Bishop Robert Barron
Filed under New Atheists
I have, over the years, playfully accused some of my atheist interlocutors of being “secret Herods.” The biblical Herod arrested John the Baptist but nevertheless took pleasure in listening to John preach from his prison cell. So, I’ve suggested, the atheists who come to my website and comment so acerbically and so frequently on my internet videos are, despite themselves, secretly seeking out the things of God. I will confess to having a certain Herod syndrome in reverse in regard to Christopher... Read More