By Gregory Jordan (Twenty-Third Publications, 2014) Do you ever wonder who this century’s Mother Teresa and Father Damien are—and where on this...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
By Diarmuid O’Murchu (Orbis, 2014) The generic title of Diarmuid O’Murchu’s latest book is misleading. Fear not. This is O’Murchu at...
Looking for some great last-minute Christmas gifts? Check out these new releases: December 2014 The Feasts: How the Church Year Forms Us as Catholics By...
Directed by Alex Ross Perry (Tribeca Film, 2014) Human beings are gifted with the ability to learn from our mistakes, yet we are also creatures of habit. And...
In Ken Burns’ powerful new documentary, Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor need no embellishing. Earlier this year President Obama admitted in an interview with...
Directed by Francis Lawrence (LionsGate, 2014) The third film in the The Hunger Games dystopian franchise, Mockingjay—Part 1, opens on a...
The question of what makes a movie ideal for Christmas, the day we commemorate and celebrate Jesus’ birth, is subjective. It often depends completely on the...
By Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. and Father Paul Mueller, S.J. (Image, 2014) If you picked up Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? solely on the...
By Lucia Cerna and Mary Jo Ignoffo (Orbis, 2014) After 25 years on the planet, one hopes that a young adult is well on the way toward finding traction and...
As student loan debt surpasses U.S. credit card debt, documentaries ask the tough questions about a college education. For at least the past 30 years, since...
