Arts
Winners of the 2017 Easter Drawing Contest
For Jaclyn Dela Cruz, to properly depict the Resurrection she had to capture how Jesus might have felt on that first Easter morning.
Spiritual films can make magic with audience, says filmmaker
The magic of spiritual films comes from having an audience “lean” into it, says director and screenwriter Paul Schrader.
Young B.C. teen a musical star on a variety of stages
VANCOUVER – Eighteen thousand hockey fans listened in awe as a little 10-year-old girl with a big voice sang out the Canadian and American national anthems.
Top Vatican and U.S. church officials back new gay-friendly book
The Vatican’s point man on family issues and a U.S. cardinal who is close to Pope Francis have both blurbed a new book by a Jesuit priest and popular author that calls on the Catholic Church to be more respectful and compassionate toward gay people.
Writer finds surprise ending to quest in ‘The Case for Christ’
Atheist turned Christian apologist Lee Strobel took on the case of his life in 1980.
Archbishop Durocher digs deep into world of psalms
OTTAWA – An idea that took root 15 years ago is now a reality for Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher.
Priest’s memoir adopts social justice outlook on issue
Given the Church’s steep decline in the Western world in the past 50 years, one would expect defensiveness from a staunch supporter of what Pope Benedict XVI called the “hermeneutics of rupture” interpretation of Vatican II.
Fr. David Bauer was a man of the cloth, a priest of the rink
This quote from Tom Watt, former NHL and Canadian Olympic hockey coach, left me intrigued: “Fr. Bauer is a great Canadian, but I could never get it straight — sometimes when you thought you were talking about hockey, the priest came out of him and sometimes when you thought you were talking to a priest the hockey came out of him.”
'Apparition Hill' documentary is about far more than Medjugorje
OTTAWA – The documentary Apparition Hill, returning to select theatres from March 25 to April 8, is a powerful movie about pilgrimage and spiritual transformation.
High art meets high-tech in Vatican 3D film about Raphael
VATICAN CITY – He was a child prodigy who became one of the most famous artists in the world, and more than 6 million tourists come to see his work at the Vatican Museums every year.
Beauty and the Beast: Disney makes statement with gay character
NEW YORK – Disney's live-action adaptation of its beloved 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast arrives in theatres amid a swirl of controversy over the updating of one of its characters into an openly gay man.
As a Lenten project, take a closer look through the stained glass
Have you ever studied the stained glass windows in your church?
Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ music soars above his suffering
By most accounts, Ludwig van Beethoven had a pretty miserable life, which makes his Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” all the more remarkable.