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Baptizing the culture with the stories we tell

March 4, 2020 William L. Patenaude 7

Of late, an increasing number of authors and filmmakers have this in common: their stories derive from worldviews that hold little understanding or appreciation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and all that the Church […]

The Dispatch

Beautiful Catholic liturgy attracts, and Hollywood knows it

September 19, 2019 Rob Coleman 25

Netflix has just released a trailer for the original film The Two Popes, starring Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict XVI and Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis. I plan to watch despite the predictable sermons on the […]

The Dispatch

Catholic Composers: Hildegard von Bingen

September 17, 2019 Paul Senz 9

The life of this mystic, composer, and saint was in many ways as tumultuous as the era in which she lived. […]

Features

“The Office” and…Flannery O’Connor?

July 6, 2019 Lauren Enk Mann 6

This week The Office, the Steve-Carrell-led TV satire, made headlines to the tune of fan outrage when it was announced that Netflix lost its long-held rights to the show when the streaming service was outbid […]

General

“Every architectural decision in church is a theological decision as well”

August 1, 2018 Nicholas LaBanca 4

A historian of church architecture considers what it would mean to have a theology of architecture, based on more than nostalgia or practicality. […]

Features

The songs of Marie Bellet: Parables for the 21st century

April 28, 2018 David Cunningham Cassel 8

Marie sings her parable-songs, and through them we learn of her husband, her family, her friends, her Christian faith…and herself. […]

The Dispatch

The most unexpectedly religious film of the year

April 10, 2018 Bishop Robert Barron 13

One would have to be blind not to see a number of religious motifs in John Krasinski’s absorbing film “A Quiet Place.” […]

Interview

The Creative Catholic: Sculptor Timothy P. Schmalz

December 1, 2017 K. V. Turley 2

“Art is a great analogy for life,” says sculptor Schmalz. “You need to have an epic subject and do the laborious task of bringing it […]

Interview

Meet the young Catholic director behind “The Star”

November 17, 2017 Jim Graves 7

“We need more good people coming out to Hollywood making a difference,” says director Timothy Reckart. “It’s one way we can improve the situation and […]

The Dispatch

The Creative Catholic: Carl E. Olson

November 14, 2017 K. V. Turley 5

CWR’s editor on writing: “Both a joy and a responsibility…it is full of demands and full of graces.” […]

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This evening in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated his first Midnight Mass as pope. Below is the text of his homily, as translated by Vatican Radio. *** 1. “The people who walked in darkness have […]

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