“Dear Pope Francis” by Pope Francis. Loyola Press (Chicago, 2016). 76 pp., $11.55. The car was always the place for the hard conversations when my sons […]
Book: Pope writes most tender answers to kids’ hardest questions
Movie: ‘God’s Not Dead 2’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The very real threats to religious freedom in contemporary society could serve as the theme for a valuable documentary or a thought-provoking […]
Book linking religion, economy merits serious discussion
“At the Altar of Wall Street: The Rituals, Myths, Theologies, Sacraments and Mission of the Religion Known as the Modern Global Economy” by Scott W. Gustafson. […]
Movie: ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The close-knit Portokalos family — loving, clingy, earthy and in your face at all the most inopportune moments — returns in “My […]
Movie: ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’
NEW YORK (CNS) — Darkness hovers over the neighboring cities of Gotham and Metropolis, the main settings of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (Warner Bros). […]
Book: Fantastic Norwegian folk tales, lavish artwork fill ‘East of the Sun’
NEW YORK (CNS) — Readers are in danger of being spoiled by “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” (Taschen). The art in this […]
Book: Author gives strong, clear portrait of U.S. priest killed in Guatemala
“The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run: Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma” by Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, 2015). 255 pp., $19.95. Few people […]
Movie: ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The third time’s not a charm with “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” (Summit), a ponderous adaptation of the final book of the futuristic […]