Wouldn’t going to confession online be so much easier? Eric Ramirez explores what Reconciliation is all about and why the Internet wouldn’t be the best medium for the sacrament.
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Eric is a native Texan. In 2002 he graduated from Angelo State University and entered the Society of Jesus in Grand Coteau, LA. He completed a MA in English at Loyola University and taught English and Scripture at Jesuit High School Tampa. He completed a Bachelor's in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was ordained a priest in 2014.
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A Feast Day for Imagination
More than a capacity of the human mind, far more than unicorns or imaginary friends, imagination is a necessity of the human heart. Let’s celebrate it.
Imagining Adulthood: Calvin & Hobbes Grow Up
Is the imagination of childhood at odds with the truth of adulthood? A potential Calvin & Hobbes movie trailer sets Eric Ramirez’s imagination in motion.
Hope and Reform in the Roman Curia
Pope Francis announced the formation of a council of eight Cardinals to assist him in reforming the Roman Curia. Eric Ramirez explains who these Cardinals are and what their task will be.
Habemus a View from Rome
TJP Roman correspondent Eric Ramirez writes about the dark streets of Rome and being caught up in the throng of those responding to the “fumo bianco.”
The Beards of Ministry: Revenge of the Clean Shaven
Which is cooler and more effective: a minister with facial hair or without? Eric Ramirez wonders aloud about the ministerial impact of beardedness.
Keep It Together
A recent “We the People Petition” has Eric Ramirez thinking about Unity, The Hunger Games, and Evil (in that order).
Charlie Brown Christmas: A Gospel Tale?
TJP’s Eric Ramirez recently noticed something new about “A Charlie Brown Christmas” that has him seeing parallels between this Christmas classic and the Gospel.
Dispatches: Christmas in Rome
Eric Ramirez, our Roman correspondent, reflects on spending Christmas in the Eternal City.