This popular culture icon is nowadays described to us as a sad and vulnerable figure, timid and unsure – a far cry from the frivolous, joyful and radiant star that she was for her contemporaries.

The main thing that J.R.R. Tolkien inherited from his mother was the Roman Catholic faith. With the help of a priest, he was able to gain access to higher education.

Books, series and films have left us with striking testimonies of those who, while representing Christianity, wonder where their faith is. An article about three of the most acclaimed stories of 2018.

We judge our experiences in the light of the Bible, not the other way around. That is the difference between evangelical faith and mysticism.

God has given a certain dignity to work, making it something that we cannot live without. However, if we look to our work to find meaning in life, we will end up with an empty heart.

The conflict between God and Satan is not a fight between two powers with equal chances of winning.

Christianity departs from any kind of moralism. What is good news for Duch, is bad news for those who consider themselves too be good and righteous.

“Goodbye Christopher Robin” tells of the unavoidable distance between parents and their children, and the nostalgia for a lost home.

For Paul Schrader’s characters, salvation is often synonymous with self-redemption. Atonement for guilt is sought through violence, which, far from being divine, is profoundly human.

What today we call Satanism is really just a form of atheism, born out of the rejection of an all-too-familiar religion. 

We cannot be what we want to be, because we are not infinite creators but finite and dependent creatures.

How is it possible to conceive that intelligent people could worship Osho as a god? Because, like Sheela, by worshiping him they were serving themselves.

Salinger was born in New York to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. This mixture set Salinger off on a continuous quest for answers from different creeds.

Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) staged people unable to love and communicate, condemned to always hide behind a mask.

It is easy to understand why many seek to escape by submerging themselves in virtual worlds - places where one can become what they have always dreamed of being.

Guatemala is the country with the highest percentage of evangelicals in Latin America. However, it has one of the highest rates of inequality, violence and corruption.

Florence’s initiative in “The Bookshop” brings about a small revolution. As everyone knows, reading is a dangerous activity.

Music cannot be “Christian”, only people can take up the cross of Christ and follow him.

“It only takes ten seconds to crush a man’s ambitions”, says Frank Underwood before becoming President.

This is not the story of a great man, but the story of a great God, who deeply loves miserable and tormented creatures like this monk.

Stories about lost children explore our greatest fears. The big TV revelation this summer was an impressive Argentinean series produced by HBO called The Bronze Garden.

When we are young we think that we are going to live forever. Death is something that we never talk about.

In search of authenticity (5). Schaeffer taught me how to mourn for the world, instead of judging it. He was a man of God who served as a prophet for his generation, which he understood so well.

Any information that we have today of the existence of Spanish sixteenth century reformers we owe to a faceless man, Luis de Usoz (1805–1865).

In search of authenticity (4): Schaeffer was looking for the human contact that might reopen the discussion that the debate had closed.