Tyler Hummel

3 weeks ago | baptistnews.com | Tyler Hummel

One of the most famous religious satires of the past few decades will be back in theaters June 6 as part of a limited release for its 25th anniversary restoration. When Kevin Smith’s Dogma was released in November 1999, it was met with one of the largest religious backlashes since Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ a decade prior.

1 month ago | geeksundergrace.com | Tyler Hummel

I’ve had ample opportunity in the past few years to discuss the creative arc of Angel Studios. From political controversies to various forms of pandering, the studio has gained attention in the past two years with more than half a dozen film releases. This is not to say all their movies are bad. I quite liked Brave the Dark, and I’ve broadly praised a number of their films.

1 month ago | geeksundergrace.com | Tyler Hummel

There’s a harsh but occasionally accurate stereotype about Roman Catholics that their lay people are fairly Biblically illiterate. This has never been a fair stereotype, as the Douay-Rheims translation of the Bible has been popular among English-speaking Catholics since the 17th century. At the same time, highly literate and/or wealthy Catholics could always readily access the Latin Vulgate translation.

1 month ago | baptistnews.com | Tyler Hummel

Pope Leo XIV has spent his first two weeks in office slowly speaking to the press, unfurling his vision for the papacy and going about his job. He’s also making sharp statements, discussing social justice and signaling the direction of his papacy, continuing many of Pope Francis’ priorities. On Sunday, by some standards, he snubbed U.S. Vice President JD Vance with a short, 17-second greeting in order to give other world leaders more time.

1 month ago | theblaze.com | Tyler Hummel

In my previous piece about Pope Leo XIV, I discussed last weekend’s social media buzz around the first American pope’s love of baseball. Unfortunately, the article went to press before I could confirm one crucial detail: The pope is a White Sox fan. For every meme of the pope wearing a Sox jersey, someone else is crying because the pope used to go to her high school or speaks with his accent. "He was never ever a Cubs fan, so I don’t know where that came from.