Diary of a Media Priest

Even if you're not into video games, you've likely seen him: Mario, the cheerful plumber with a red cap, a mustache, and blue overalls. He doesn't spend much time fixing pipes and faucets because he's always busy rescuing a princess from the clutches of a gorilla or an...

I was startled this afternoon when I wanted to check Facebook. I was logged out, and my password didn't work anymore. Yikes. Had my account been hacked? I quickly tried to create a new password. But that didn't help either.

On Mastodon, the platform where I landed after...

On a lovely spring morning, I set off for Middle-earth. Or rather, the movie set of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Shire, where the adventures of Bilbo and Frodo begin, was built in the heart of New Zealand’s North Island countryside for Peter...

We had to hurry. It was getting dark. The cameraman zoomed in on my face as we stood by the Old Canal in the heart of the Dutch city of Utrecht. “This is a great shot, with the Dom Tower lit up in the background. Go for it!” He pressed record, the red light on...

I have been a fan of Tolkien’s books all my life. Ever since I discovered The Hobbit in my father’s bookcase when I was 12, Middle-earth has been my favorite destination when I want to relax after a busy day.

That’s why I have been working on a book in...

Yesterday I watched a report on TV about the ever increasing workload for priests and about the impact it has on their mental and physical health. The number of active priests in my country has been in sharp decline for years, yet the work only seems to have become more...

Richard Wells wanted to see if he could connect with people through a TikTok video. It's not a platform where you often find people of his age, but he knew there was one thing that young TikTok users would recognize: his voice.

With a career spanning over 30 years as a...

J.R.R. Tolkien took his Catholic faith very seriously. But did you know that he didn't like the time of Lent?

Just like the Hobbits in his books, Tolkien loved good food, and fasting wasn't his thing. He once wrote to his son Christopher, "going without food kills my...