Arts and Culture

Sacred music passion fuels TV series

March 27, 2024

A new television program airing March 30 looks to combine sacred music performances with riveting discussions from local ministers of the Catholic Church.

Faith is believing in the power of good: Bocelli

February 23, 2024

For one brief moment at the outset of the pandemic, the hopes of the world seemed concentrated on a single man standing alone outside the massive Duomo di Milano in Italy.

Death in its many forms celebrated at ROM

February 17, 2024

A Royal Ontario Museum exhibition now running captures the depiction and celebration of death in its many forms, in nature and across different cultures.

Rapper C-DOT drops a Christian vibe

February 16, 2024

A Canadian Christian musician is doing his part to change the game for the better, bringing back carefully crafted, deliberate and fruitful songs to the hip-hop genre, all for the glory of God.

Can 'Ordinary Angels' kickstart film industry?

February 14, 2024

The North American box office is off to a feeble start in 2024. January produced a total haul of $513.6 million. According to the media measurement and analytics company Comscore, this marks the worst performance for the first month of the year, outside of the COVID years, since 1999.

Keys to 1914 and today: humanity, humility

January 17, 2024

Brooks, Alta., author Ben Galeski’s splendid new novel, The Good Heart, chronicles a young Canadian infantryman who turns to God and his inner strength to survive the hellish crucible of the First World War.

And then there’s Maude’s abortion

January 12, 2024

Jesuit Father Patrick J. Sullivan and Robert Beusse were not intent on launching an early battle in the culture wars when they met with CBS President Robert Wood the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 1972. They were simply out to prevent a summer rerun.

Country star Craig Morgan’s journey of faith

December 21, 2023

As country star Craig Morgan looks back on his life, from his military service to his multi-decade music career, he said one thing has always remained the same.

Vatican Museums share hidden images, details found by art restorers

December 12, 2023

The Vatican Museums has launched an initiative to give visitors -- online and in person -- a "backstage" peek into the secrets, curiosities and insights discovered by their art restorers.

Atheist turned Catholic turned comedian

October 4, 2023

The “hard work” of making others laugh is a labour of love and faith for standup comic Jen Fulwiler, a former atheist and Catholic convert delivering a “fresh take on modern life as a woman” to audiences throughout the nation with her 2023 “Maternal Instinct” comedy tour.

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