Arts & Media

Fifty years later, N.Y. priest still draws on Vietnam combat experience to minister to others

Fifty years after the U.S. withdrew troops from Vietnam, a New York priest told OSV News ...
Updated version of 'The Little Mermaid' is charming

The idea of updating a classic film is always a dangerous one.
Black Cuban recounts his flight as a child refugee from Castro's regime in 'Operation Pedro Pan'

Ricardo E. Gonzalez Zayas was one of over 14,000 ...
Is 'Ashes' the literary novel some Catholics have been waiting for?

In Anthony Mancini's “Ashes,” the line is uttered by a Concetta, a Sicilian woman ...
Will AI serve or replace Hollywood's human writers on strike for better wages?

It sounds like a dystopian science fiction plot, or at the very least, a source of nightmare fuel ...
Catholic Communications Campaign slated for May 20-21

The Diocese of Trenton will join its sister dioceses across the nation in holding a special collection for the Catholic Communications Campaign at all Masses the weekend of May 20-21.
'Demon Copperhead': A boy as buoyant as he believes

In 1850, Charles Dickens exposed the dark realities
Big George Foreman

The man, the pugilist, the grill, it's all there in "Big George Foreman...
The art of waiting: Rome airport displays Baroque masterpiece

Alongside departure listings and boarding gates, ...
'Gift and Grit' makes case for counter-cultural detachment and 'Srodowisko'

Andrew Swafford is an associate professor of ...
Vatican Museums aid conservation efforts of toppled temple in Luxor

With the body of a woman and the head of a lioness...
First holy Communion: Five books that make excellent gifts

May is the month of Mary, and in ...
World Youth Day helps inspire young people to serve others, Pope says

World Youth Day is an antidote against indifference, isolation and lethargy, Pope Francis said.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Chris Pratt reprises his starring role as Peter Quill, aka Star–Lord
Late singer-activist Harry Belafonte found inspiration in life of Sister Thea Bowman

Many are remembering how Harry Belafonte, who died April 25 ...
Despite disability, young man directs film – in Lourdes, France

Kamil Cierniak lived with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a terminal illness...
Church must protect its huge audiovisual archives, media assets, Pope says

There is real "cultural urgency" for the entire Catholic Church...
'Women's Cry,' a photo exhibit, opens in St. Peter's Square

Nestled in the arms of Bernini's colonnade around St. Peter's Square...
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Since its publication in 1970, Judy Blume's novel for ...
Parents are the best online gaming partner kids can have in the fight against predators, say experts

Online gaming presents unprecedented risks to ...
Over the Pope's shoulder: An 'explosion' of spirituality in bronze

Through five pontificates, Popes have instructed the faithful at their ...
Michigan third grader launches 'Kid's Bible in a Year with Teddy' podcast

When he grows up, third grader Teddy Howell...
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant

Director Guy Ritchie is best known for his snappy ...
'A Catholic worldview makes reality so intriguing': Eternity and education

"Teaching students what to think without teaching ...
Musk's Twitter purges 'blue checks' from Pope Francis, USCCB, other Catholic accounts

On the very day Elon Musk launched SpaceX rocket Starship on its ill-fated maiden voyage...