“Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious”Ross Douthat Zondervan Books (HarperCollins Christian Publishing Inc) (2025)240 pages, $29.99 In October, New York Times pundit and author Ross Douthat penned an opinion column …
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“The Eighth Arrow: Odysseus in the Underworld”Father J. Augustine Wetta, Ignatius Press (2018)347 pages, $21.95 The month of November is a natural time to turn one’s thoughts to death. The …
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(OSV News) — Secrecy and gossip. Intrigue and politicking. Unexpected twists and startling revelations. It’s all perhaps the stuff of the recent U.S. elections — but also the plot machinery …
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“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” Reminders of death seem to be everywhere in the fall. In addition to the …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – An artistic and scientific giant gets the Ken Burns treatment in the documentary “Leonardo da Vinci.” The results are predictably pleasing. The four-hour film — …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Gentle and family-oriented, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” (Lionsgate) offers top-flight holiday entertainment for a wide range of age groups. In adapting author Barbara Robinson’s …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Designed to present a portion of the Gospel narrative to fans of mixed martial arts fighting and heavy metal music, the biblical drama “The Carpenter” …
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“The Road to Family Missionary Discipleship”Ryan and Mary Rose Verret with Peter Jesserer Smith, Witness to Love (2023)203 pages, $19.95 “Current efforts in standard (Catholic) marriage preparation are not working,” …
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(OSV News) — In 2012, when Michelle Duppong, who was about to become director of adult formation for the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, asked Jacqueline Matta Balzer if she …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – A serious, even lugubrious, tone and a top-flight cast add heft to the ecclesiastical melodrama “Conclave” (Focus). Yet the film is fundamentally a power-struggle potboiler …
