Arts & Culture

Authors Father Greg Boyle and Sister Joan Chittister offer help as we try to understand how to live during these challenging times — or any time.

Fans of the “Twilight” franchise know that, according to its particular lore, vampires are lustrous and shiny. “Morbius” (Columbia), a Marvel Comics-based adventure with a bloodsucker at the heart of its story is, by contrast, downright drab.

Call it a Cinderella story. Or a David versus Goliath moment. Whatever it was, Father Downing and the entire nation couldn’t get enough of their Saint Peter’s University Peacocks.

Honest, yet sympathetic, the biographical film “Benjamin Franklin” gives viewers the opportunity to rediscover a Founding Father many may not have studied since elementary school.

There’s a certain irony in describing “Windfall” (Netflix) as a character-driven thriller, if only because none of the people on screen are given names in Justin Lader and Andrew Kevin Walker’s script.

“Through her tireless activism, Sharon Lavigne has heeded God’s call to advocate for the health of her community and the planet — and to help put an end to environmental degradation which so often disproportionately victimizes communities of color,” said Holy Cross Father John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame.

The children, all of whom have been part of the “Catechesis of the Good Shepherd” faith formation program at their parish, were inspired to build the replica of the church sacristy while learning about the Mass and the various terms associated with it.

Journalist Olga M. Segura wrote a book intended to be more of an overview that might prompt white Catholics to get more involved in the work of racial justice.