Art Is How God Loves Us By Meridith Hite Estevez (Broadleaf Books, 2026) Google’s AI Overview would likely take one look at the floral cover, trendy title, and...
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Discover U.S. Catholic reviews of books, music, and movies, highlighting diverse voices, creative expression, and works that inspire justice and reflection.
The Things I Didn’t Say Xania Monet (Hallwood Media, 2026) Around a decade ago, much hubbub was being raised about the “fake artists” that were sneaking their...
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing By Alice Evelyn Yang (William Morrow, 2026) In Alice Evelyn Yang’s debut novel, the nightmares of the past keep their grip on...
Toward the end of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Odysseus (played by Matt Damon) utters a despairing line clearly influenced by a Talmudic aphorism that’s...
The Seagull on the Chapel By Eric A. Clayton and Shannon K. Evans, illustrated by Angela Edmonds (Paraclete Press, 2026) Only recently did I learn that two of...
The Harbingers Created by Gabriel Urbina (Audacious Machine Creative, 2026) What would you do if magic were real? This is the central question that animates...
Convent Wisdom By Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita (Simon & Schuster, 2025) Since I find inspiration in the devotion and ministry of women religious, I was...
In Thomas of Celano’s book The Remembrance of the Desire of a Soul, which was completed in 1247, Francis and a companion were traveling when they came upon...
Nothing’s About to Happen to Me Mitski (Dead Oceans, 2026) The cover of singer-songwriter Mitski’s new album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, features the...
How does the world see Bernadette Soubirous, also known as St. Bernadette of Lourdes? With a new musical about her touring the United States after a successful...
