![]() ![]() ![]() Father Barron is best known (at least until now) for Web videos in which he engages with various cultural trends, from the new atheism to the theology of “The Dark Knight.” He is both a genial host and a stout defender of the church, who is not afraid to acknowledge its failings. Robert Barron, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago who teaches at Mundelein Seminary. Produced by Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, Catholicism is written and hosted by the Rev. When you consider that The New Catholic Encyclopedia clocks in at 12,000 pages, 10 hours seems almost slight. Then again, the series under review is not telling the story of baseball or the Civil War but of Catholicism, an enormously rich tradition that, 10 years into a career in the Catholic press, I am still learning about. ![]() Even by the standards set by Ken Burns, 10 hours is a hefty length for a documentary. ![]()
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