‘What is Christianity? The Last Writings’Pope Benedict XVI, Elio Guerriero (Editor), Georg Gänswein (Editor)Ignatius Press (2023)216 pages, $24.95 When Pope Benedict XVI passed into eternity at the end of 2022, …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – More than 20 years ago, Greek Canadian actress and author Nia Vardalos penned the script for a screen adaptation of a one-woman play she had …
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“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”:James McBride, Riverhead Books (2023)400 pages, $28 “God, I thank you that I am not like other people,” the Pharisee prayed in Jesus’ parable of …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) — If jump-scares were an Olympic competition, director Michael Chaves’ horror sequel “The Nun II” (Warner Bros.) would undoubtedly be festooned with gold medals. As was the case …
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Much of the western world celebrates work and workers on May 1, either as the secular International Workers’ Day or the Catholic Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. In the …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Underdog stories have a broad appeal, especially when they occur in real life. So the tale of Texan Rickey Hill’s against-the-odds struggle to become a …
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“Going Zero”Andrew McCarten, Harper Collins Publishing (2023)304 pages, $30 Cecilia Cicone You know the feeling: You were just thinking about ordering a new water bottle, or you mentioned to someone …
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(OSV News) — A brand famous for its family-friendly titles scores again with “Pikmin 4” (Nintendo). Some thoroughly stylized mayhem and a vague innuendo aside, this extension of a franchise …
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“God’s Will: The Life and Works of Sr. Mary Wilhelmina”By the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles234 pages, $20 “Brides of Christ”By the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, with …
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UPDATE 9/5/2023: The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints clarified Sept. 5 that in including the Ulmas’ seventh child in the family’s Sept. 10 beatification, it had considered the child …
