Daniel Rober
@profdanrober.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Catholic Studies at Sacred Heart University. Theology, Film, Music, Urbanism, Culture.
Vibes in the theater:
January 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Vibes in the theater:
Took advantage of sabbatical to attend last-chance late-morning 70MM screening of TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE.
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Took advantage of sabbatical to attend last-chance late-morning 70MM screening of TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE.
“Why did Francis has such a bee in his bonnet about the trads?”
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“Why did Francis has such a bee in his bonnet about the trads?”
Dom Helder Camara:
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Dom Helder Camara:
Went to excellent event at @museumofcityny.bsky.social with Ric Burns and Jonathan Mahler discussing THE GODS OF NEW YORK. Especially moving to hear about New York as an idea under threat.
January 22, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Went to excellent event at @museumofcityny.bsky.social with Ric Burns and Jonathan Mahler discussing THE GODS OF NEW YORK. Especially moving to hear about New York as an idea under threat.
Deep research for integralism article taking me some weird yet relevant places.
January 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Deep research for integralism article taking me some weird yet relevant places.
This is what they took from you.
December 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is what they took from you.
Here’s an ironic tidbit from the NCR article about Hicks appointment.
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Here’s an ironic tidbit from the NCR article about Hicks appointment.
She was a prophetess.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
She was a prophetess.
I don’t usually comment on Crisis articles but this howler from Janet Smith deserves attention.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I don’t usually comment on Crisis articles but this howler from Janet Smith deserves attention.
My @commonweal.bsky.social review of Mark Massa SJ’s Catholic Fundamentalism book gets at some of the issues raised by Dolan’s recent comments: www.commonwealmagazine.org/rober-cathol...
September 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My @commonweal.bsky.social review of Mark Massa SJ’s Catholic Fundamentalism book gets at some of the issues raised by Dolan’s recent comments: www.commonwealmagazine.org/rober-cathol...
This was literally the subtitle of the book that coined “Millennials”:
June 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This was literally the subtitle of the book that coined “Millennials”:
“Papa Leone left a note on the door saying ‘Sonny, move out to the country.’”
June 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“Papa Leone left a note on the door saying ‘Sonny, move out to the country.’”
Thinking of writing an essay on “The Ratzinger Report at 40: The Book That Launched 1000 Vocations” about the outsized influence of this interview on our current American ecclesial situation. Thinking about length/venue but stay tuned.
June 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thinking of writing an essay on “The Ratzinger Report at 40: The Book That Launched 1000 Vocations” about the outsized influence of this interview on our current American ecclesial situation. Thinking about length/venue but stay tuned.
Real heads remember trads being mad at JPII for Assisi:
May 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Real heads remember trads being mad at JPII for Assisi:
My latest @commonweal.bsky.social discusses a new era in Catholicism:
May 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My latest @commonweal.bsky.social discusses a new era in Catholicism:
When I watch the movie Quo Vadis, I think “fancy hotel fundraiser.”
May 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When I watch the movie Quo Vadis, I think “fancy hotel fundraiser.”
This is an incredibly revealing self-own.
May 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is an incredibly revealing self-own.
What are you gonna do with these types of guys?
May 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What are you gonna do with these types of guys?
Time to take a break from the world by thinking about Herbert von Karajan being a Nazi.
May 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Time to take a break from the world by thinking about Herbert von Karajan being a Nazi.