At first a limited release, the missing-person thriller Searching has garnered rave reviews from the nation’s top critics. It’s an impressive showing for first-time director Aneesh Chaganty, a former Google employee. Critics have hailed the film as a contemporary take on a familiar “whodunit” story, and they point to John Cho’s performance as particularly moving. …
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From the works of Brad Thor and Vince Flynn to Matthew Betley, military thrillers regularly top the bestseller lists. They’ve been popular since at least the 1950s, but after 9/11, readers have absolutely flocked to them. In light of Pope Francis’s recent change to the Catechism involving the inadmissibility of the death penalty, however, some …
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Grace and Protestantism. These are two concepts that we think we have a firm understanding of—even converts and those of us with advanced theological educations—but we really have a hard time putting our finder on foundations of the concepts. That makes it even harder to understand the deeper issues, too. Two resources I’ve come across …
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Paranormal investigators, an alleged Vatican conspiracy, demonic forces and a former priest. It sounds like the makings of a horror film ready to release on Halloween. Or it could be the bare bones of a new documentary on Netflix about Malachi Martin, a former Jesuit turned self-proclaimed exorcist who died from a cerebral hemorrhage at …
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In case you didn’t hear, Netflix has a new documentary series called The Keepers that investigates the murder of Sr. Cathy Cesnik in 1969 in Baltimore, MD and ends up uncovering stories of abuse at the hands of a priest, Fr. A . Joseph Maskell. This is a hard series to watch, filled with pain, …
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Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future. The Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey released the first episode of their film series “City of Saints” on Easter Sunday. The unprecedented seven part film series explores seven true stories of people striving for sainthood. The Norbertine order consists of fifty priests and thirty …
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Cassidy Rydell wrote a piece over at The Odyssey about which households Disney princesses would fit into if they went to Franciscan University of Steubenville. It was a great piece and my FUS friends and I were all tickled. But we’re so old that we didn’t know some of the households she referenced! So here’s …
If you want a review in just a few words, then here it is: drop everything and watch this movie. Ignatius of Loyola is a 2016 biopic, based on St. Ignatius’ autobiography, and directed by Paolo Dy and Cathy Anzana. Starring Andreas Muñoz in the title role of the beloved saint, it is being released by …
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Whether you’re sitting in a theater watching the newest release or cuddling up on the couch watching an all-time favorite, movies have a way of forming connections with us. From action-packed thrillers to sentimental romances, a movie’s overall message is what remains with us even after the credits start rolling. This is why I find …
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There’s a new Pope now and this is only the beginning. HBO released the first episode of their new mini-series, “The Young Pope” in October. The series, directed by Paolo Sorrentino tells the story of Pius XIII, or Lenny Berardo played by Jude Law, and Diane Keaton joins him on screen as an American nun, …
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