A new book titled “Pope Francis: Deacons — Servants of Charity” available from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “draws the reader into the sacred ministry of the diaconate.”
New book from USCCB on Pope Francis’ vision for permanent diaconate
Movie – ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’
Tom Cruise’s by-now iconic American agent Ethan Hunt is at the top of his game in the engrossing espionage sequel “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” (Paramount).
Seeking to support abbey, English monks brew ale — ‘seriously nice’
Cistercian monks have opened the first Trappist brewery in England and are selling thousands of bottles of beer every day.
Movie – ‘Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again’
The exuberant kitsch that was the trademark of the Swedish band Abba lives on in the musical romance “Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again” (Universal).
Movie – ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’
omputer hackers are sometimes just like the slashers of 1980s horror films, “Unfriended: Dark Web” (BH Tilt) shows us.
Parish hosts Bishop’s Bike Ride as cycling send-off for event across Iowa
The July 6 ride served as a cycling send-off for Davenport Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula, spiritual director of the “Pedaling to the Peripheries” team for the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. Best known as RAGBRAI, the event starts July 22 in Onawa and ends July 28 in Davenport.
Dark to light: Buried under scaffolding, Holy Stairs set for resurrection
The popular devotion to the Holy Stairs has been put on hold for an entire year, and the tall placard depicting the staircase is all the public can see as a team of Vatican restorers complete the final phase of a 20-year effort to repair the sanctuary of the Holy Stairs and clean its 18,300 square feet of frescoes.
Movie: ‘The Equalizer 2’
Reprising his role as dispenser of do-it-yourself justice Robert McCall, Denzel Washington once again imagines that vengeance is his in “The Equalizer 2” (Columbia), director Antoine Fuqua’s follow-up to his 2014 thriller.