Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez contrasts former president Donald Trump’s recent championing of IVF with the approach to the topic taken by the novel and movie adaption, “Someone Like You.” She argues that Catholics can learn from the more narrative approach to the
The new film “Irena’s Vow” brings to life the true story of Irene Gut Opdyke, a young Polish Catholic woman who risked everything to hide Jews from the Nazis during World War II. The two-hour film, based on a Broadway play, hits
A new, faith-driven family drama is examining the relationship between faith and marriage, especially when that marriage is tested. “Love is a choice,” Cassidy Gifford, who stars in the new show, “The Baxters,” said of what she hopes viewers learn. She continued:
Concert organist and composer S. Andrew Lloyd belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But his latest composition, about to make its world debut, draws from the famous Catholic poem, “The Hound of Heaven.” “As a composer, I want
The arrival of St. Patrick's Day always spotlights Irish culture, music, dance and language. Catholics, too, are involved in Irish cultural efforts on both sides of the Atlantic, and some say Irish culture continues to be a foundation for Catholic evangelization amid
The feel-good elements of a sports movie and a pet bonding tale are mingled in director Simon Cellan Jones' fact-based drama "Arthur the King" (Lionsgate). The combination results in a mildly diverting movie that might have been especially appealing to athletic-minded teens
A discussion among practicing Catholics occurred in a social media group, inevitably landing on current divisions between Catholics -- those who would describe themselves as "orthodox" vs the "more progressive;" those who pronounce themselves "proudly cafeteria" versus those who identify as "proudly
Sarah Kroger still remembers when, as a teenager, she encountered God in a new way through contemporary worship music. Today, she dedicates her life to giving others that same opportunity — by inviting them to God through her own music. “I think
Our Sunday Visitor columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez wasn’t planning to watch the hit series ‘The Chosen.’ Too many Christian movies and shows misrepresent the Gospel to the general public. But when she did, despite obvious instances of poetic license, she found a
This June will mark 202 years since Bishop John England started the United States Catholic Miscellany in 1822. Lies were being spread about the Faith, and Catholic immigrants were finding themselves the subject of Nativist attacks. Bishop England will forever be remembered