This June marks five years since the shootings at Mother Emanuel in Charleston. Around the state, a number of observances of this tragic anniversary are planned. In preparation, there have been ongoing gatherings focused on […]
February’s liturgical calendar has us turning attention to illness and pain. On Feb. 3, the memorial of St. Blaise, we have our throats blessed, and the familiar prayer includes a request that we will be […]
NEW YORK—As with many satires, the makers of “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight) don’t care much whether an audience likes their film — or understands all of it. In this case, the latter option is not […]
Our terminology says a lot about our mindsets. Take, for example, the way in which for the past 55 years we have spoken of Protestant and Orthodox Christians as our “separated brothers and sisters.” That […]
Dr. Seuss got it right. In “Horton Hears a Who” he tells the story of a Suessical elephant who has discovered minuscule human creatures living on what he calls a speck. Horton is committed to protecting […]
NEW YORK—Writer-director Greta Gerwig, who proved her bona fides as a screen moralist in 2017 with “Lady Bird,” has repeated the feat with her elegant, vibrantly emotional adaptation of the 19th-century classic “Little Women” (Sony). […]
No one gathered to fling confetti, blow horns, or set off fireworks at 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2019. Yet a minute later a New Year was about to begin — a new Church year. On […]
One of my all-time favorite lines from the Old Testament readings for Advent comes up on the season’s third Monday. It’s a mysterious and mystical line and, in some ways, an aggravating one. Nearly 1,200 years […]
NEW YORK—In “The Two Popes” (Netflix), their glossy but highly speculative account of supposedly real events, screenwriter Anthony McCarten and director Fernando Meirelles ill-advisedly try to extol Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce) by trashing retired Pope […]
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