“Everyone Belongs,” a new children’s book published by the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and Loyola Press, “is a book about recognizing the image of God in all people, valuing our differences, righting wrongs and forgiveness,” said the ad hoc committee’s chairman.
Children’s book inspired by pastoral teaches lessons in overcoming racism
Baltimore museum showcases medieval missal used by St. Francis of Assisi
The same book that inspired St. Francis in 1208 is expected to inspire thousands of others as the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore places it on public display for the first time in 40 years Feb. 1 through May 31.
Movie: ‘Gretel and Hansel’
This film covers the familiar outlines of the old story, with two children negotiating a dark and very foggy forest as they escape a famine-scarred home life in search of food and security.
Author explores literature from Homer to Tolkien
Starting with the ancients and leaving off in the mid-20th century, the author aims to whet your appetite with short introductions to the tales his book’s subtitle claims that “every Catholic should know.”
Movie: ‘The Turning’
Over the years, Henry James’ classic 1898 novella-length horror story “The Turn of the Screw” has proved fertile soil for movie adaptations.
Movie: ‘The Gentlemen’
Throughout the darkly sophisticated, but sometimes wildly wayward crime saga “The Gentlemen” (STX), writer-director Guy Ritchie keeps his tongue firmly planted in his cheek.
Love of baking, culinary skills and prayer make religious brother a winner
Capuchin Franciscan Brother Andrew Corriente was crowned this year’s baking champion on ABC’s “The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition.”
Movie: ‘Marriage Story’
At first blush, the title of the drama “Marriage Story” (Netflix) may strike some as ironic. This is, after all, at least on the surface, an engrossing study of the divorce process in contemporary America.