Arts and Culture

Laura Bedingfeld, the author of the newly-released Arise: A 50-Day Journey into the Mystery of the Resurrection, never originally set out to write a book delving into Christianity’s most glorious event.

As young Canadian Catholic filmmaker Joseph D’Amario’s love for his craft deepened, certainty grew that a documentary venerating Sr. Carmelina Tarantino’s (1937-1992) legacy of service and redemptive suffering would emerge as a future passion project.

Eight years have passed since Monsignor Robert Nusca’s book The Christ of the Apocalypse first unpacked the Book of Revelation with a focus on its less-common portrayal as a hope-filled portrait of Christ.

Discipline, self-sacrifice and love. These are all traits Catholics strive to nurture during Lent, and all were exemplified so innately and gracefully by St. Joseph, the patron saint of Canada, during his lifetime.

The life story of François Gendron (1618-1668), a French surgeon who served the Jesuit mission to the Wendat from 1643 to 1649 utterly captivated University of Alberta professor Micah True.

Dr. S.R. Watkins, in his book Biblical Economics 101: Living Under God’s Financial Blessing, champions monetary giving — especially tithing — as a practice that yields transformative benefits.

A major new U.S. study found that audiences, including non-religious viewers, are drawn to authentic portrayals of faith in entertainment media.

I Can Only Imagine 2 succeeds as a motion picture because it is underpinned by the sincerity of its convictions and elevated by strong work from a talented cast, especially an enjoyably eccentric Milo Ventimiglia.

As the Church celebrates the Jubilee Year of St. Francis on the 800th anniversary of his death, a very accessible new book by Leonard Desroches is a perfect way to deepen our understanding of St. Francis and his message to us today.

The Diocese of Hamilton and Development and Peace - Caritas Canada are hoping a unique combination of film and post-screening discussions will spark dialogue and sustained change with its ninth Reel Justice Film Festival collaboration.