Elvis Costello and The Roots (Blue Note, 2013) The coupling might raise a few eyebrows, but Elvis Costello and hip-hop outfit The Roots have more in common...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
By Judith Valente (Sorin Books, 2013) As is the case for so many Catholics today, Judith Valente’s faith had been chipped away by the clergy sexual abuse...
By Bishop John McCarthy (Greenhills Publishing, 2013) Bishop John McCarthy pastored the Diocese of Austin, Texas from 1986 to 2001. After serving as executive...
Here are some interesting new book releases for December: December 2013 Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair By Anne Lamott From the New York...
Movies can help us find perspective on our own existence by taking us to infinity and beyond. Hollywood and the film industry have been called many things...
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Warner Bros., 2013) Films like Alfonso Cuarón’s magnificent Gravity are few and far between. Too often...
The National (4AD, 2013) The National’s latest album, Trouble Will Find Me, is an unabashedly brilliant collection of 13 songs that could easily be the...
What do a time-traveling alien and the influential church council have in common? More than you might think. Fifty years ago, under the loving guidance of Pope...
By Archbishop Jose H. Gomez (Our Sunday Visitor, 2013) As chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez...
Directed by Michael McGowan (Samuel Goldwyn, 2013) In Michael McGowan’s touching love story about an aging married couple, Craig and Irene Morrison...
