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Bishop Robert Barron

Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester.

The scandal of John 6

All four Gospels have an account of the multiplication of the loaves and fish. St. John’s version of this story can be found at...

Oppenheimer’s Frown

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....

Practical strategies of evangelization 

Over the years, I have been laying out what I take to be the basics of evangelization. Proclaiming the Good News has to do...

‘Strange Rites’ and the promise of natural religion

Along with many other cultural commentators, I have been tracing for the past many years the phenomenon of religious disaffiliation, the sobering fact that...

Finding God in all things

There is, to be sure, a stress within the Biblical tradition that God is radically other: “Truly, you are a God who hides himself,...

Why remain Catholic (with so much scandal)?

The text below has been transcribed from a video released by Word on Fire Aug. 30. I wanted to speak to you again about...

Scorsese’s Silence and the seaside martyrs

I have long been an ardent fan of Martin Scorsese’s films. Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Last...

Your life does not belong to you

It was revealed this week that, for the first time in its history, Harvard University, which had been founded for religious purposes and named...

We’ve Been Here Before: Marriage and the Room of Tears

Just last week, I had the privilege of spending four hours in the Sistine Chapel with my Word on Fire team. Toward the end...

Why having a heart of gold is not what Christianity is about

Father Robert Barron is founder of the global ministry, Word on Fire, and rector of Mundelein Seminary in Illinois. He is the creator of...

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