Bishop Robert Barron, Author at ZENIT - English

Articles By Bishop Robert Barron

Local Church

Bishop Barron Reports From 'Baby Bishop School'

A course for some 150 bishops who have been appointed in the last year

Sep 21, 2016 19:28

Bishop Robert Barron

Art and Culture

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a Tale of Grace

«What principally differentiates it from the Heston Ben-Hur is its greater stress on the strange power of Christ to bring about forgiveness—an emphasis, I must say, much needed in the cultural context of the present moment»

Aug 18, 2016 16:12

Bishop Robert Barron

Documents

Bishop Barron on WYD2016: "I found much ground for hope"

Sitting with Father Wojtyla’s original youth group, hearing the sounds of the youth outside …

Aug 09, 2016 20:01

Bishop Robert Barron

Art and Culture

3 Reasons Why 'Vikings' Is the Most Religiously Interesting Show on TV

Prior to 1500 or so, it was practically unthinkable not to be religious

Jul 27, 2016 19:55

Bishop Robert Barron

Art and Culture

The Cross of Jesus: God's Awful Work of Love

A continuation of reflections from Fleming Rutledge’s book The Crucifixion

Jul 12, 2016 18:26

Bishop Robert Barron

Art and Culture

How Strange Is the Cross

Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion is one of the most stimulating and thought-provoking books of theology that I have read in the past 10 years

Jun 29, 2016 19:32

Bishop Robert Barron

Art and Culture

Thomas Aquinas and the Art of Making a Public Argument

I would like to revisit a time when people knew how to have a public argument about the most hotly-contested matters …

Jun 22, 2016 19:57

Bishop Robert Barron

Documents

4 Lessons on Divine Mercy From the Woman at the Well

From a presentation to priests at the Jubilee in Rome

Jun 10, 2016 14:39

Bishop Robert Barron

Art and Culture

Why "Last Days in the Desert" Is So Boring

There is a distinction between the Bible and practically all other spiritualities, religions, and philosophies of the world…

May 25, 2016 18:58

Bishop Robert Barron

Vatican City

Daniel Berrigan and Non-Violence

On the theory and practice of non-violent resistance, Cardinal George gave an answer that I had never heard before and frankly have never heard since …

May 11, 2016 17:43

Bishop Robert Barron

Art and Culture

Why You Should Read 'The Great Divorce,' by CS Lewis

Lewis was that rare sort of genius, able to combine high theological insight with vivid imagination, and it is precisely this coming-together that makes his writing so memorable

Apr 26, 2016 18:29

Bishop Robert Barron

Art and Culture