Then She Found Me (THINKFilm, 2008) Are we born into families, or do we fashion them by forging bonds with strangers? At the start of Helen Hunt’s heart...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
Learning to Bend Ben Sollee Singer-songwriter-cellist Ben Sollee, 24, is at the beginning of what promises to be a very interesting American roots music career...
Bread Body Spirit Edited and with introductions by Alice Peck (Skylights Path Publishing, 2008) This is a book that will make you hungry. You’ll be...
Render Unto Caesar, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput (Doubleday, 2008) Over the last four years, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has become one of the most well...
Life Death Love and Freedom, John Mellencamp (Hear Music, 2008) For almost 30 years John Mellencamp has used the foundation of ’60s garage band rock to...
The Wire, created by David Simon (HBO, 2002-2008) The language, violence, and sexuality in the five seasons of David Simon’s sprawling urban novel about...
Don’t listen to those New Atheists, says this Vatican astronomer. You shouldn’t have to choose between science and faith. Last fall, I confess, I was in the...
There is no particular person author Ann Patchett has looked to for inspiration. Instead, she credits her Catholic faith for teaching her a boundless capacity...
Here are a few books U.S. Catholic editors think are worth adding to your reading list this month Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Barbara...
Directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Brothers, 2008) The truth understood by every 14-year-old comic book fan is that we love superheroes not because they are...
