Tag: Cardinal Timothy Dolan

Pentecost, Playing with Fire, and the New Evangelization

By Tom Perna on May 18, 2013 • ( 4 Comments )

In the 1991 film, Backdraft, there is a scene when Robert De Niro’s character asks Donald Sutherland’s character (an imprisoned pyromaniac), “what do you want to do to the whole world Ronald”, […]

The Sacrament of Reconciliation

By Tom Perna on November 13, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

It’s Monday night, late – in the 11 o’clock hour in Arizona. The film, Shrek Forever After is on FX. All night long I have had Confession on my mind (Sacrament of […]