Arts & Culture

A new book, a Washington-area priest says Catholics, like the apostles once did, can encounter Jesus and have their lives transformed forever in the “Upper Room,” wherever they are.

Gunplay, explosions and martial arts bravado are all a part of the live-action movie “Ghost in the Shell.”

This animated take on the trauma of acquiring a younger sibling can best be described as amusing and the objectionable elements are sufficiently few that all but the very youngest family members can safely enjoy the fleeting fun.

Winners in movies, television and books were announced March 28 by the Christophers, who started the awards in 1949 to honor to honor writers, producers, directors, authors and illustrators whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit.”

The history of women and men religious in the United States is the history of American Catholicism and their archives reflect the rich role many played in weaving the fabric of the U.S. church.

“Connected World,” by Father Philip Larrey, a philosophy professor at Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, studies the impact and long-term consequences of increasingly advanced technology and the rise of artificial intelligence on society.

Rod Dreher, currently senior editor at The American Conservative and author of several books, has written “The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation.”

The humor in this twist on the 1977-1983 NBC-TV drama series CHIPS quickly skids off the road and into the gutter, where it remains.