TV Mass brings its legacy to national stage
When Msgr. Brad Massman launched a Sunday Mass TV broadcast for shut-ins in 1987, its future was, at best, uncertain.
Euthanasia film strikes a raw human nerve
OTTAWA – Kevin Dunn first met Aurelia in the Netherlands at a conference on euthanasia for young people.
Long line of bishops help tell Toronto's story
There are many ways to tell the story of a city. In Extraordinary Ordinaries, Fr. Seamus Hogan explores aspects of Toronto’s history by examining the challenges, successes and even the blind spots of the 12 men who have served as the bishop or archbishop of Toronto.
World Youth Day contest invites young Catholic filmmakers
Book review: Fire Sermon flames out in tedious detail
Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro (Anansi International, 256 pages, softcover, $17.96 on Amazon.ca)
Poet Patria Rivera explores her past with spiritual lens
It started out in 2011 as a Lenten practice.
Q&A: Wim Wender's unexpected film on the Pope
In a remarkable life that has progressed from studying film to reviewing films to making films, Wim Wenders has documented the lives of forgotten Cuban jazz musicians (in Buena Vista Social Club), explored the value of truth (in Paris, Texas) asked what really makes us human (in Wings of Desire) and shown us the value of making something, even something as impermanent as dance (in Pina).
Film shows Pope Francis is true to the Word
All of us who read this newspaper know that in the beginning was the Word. We all know that the Word was with God and the Word was God. But do we take this description of basic reality seriously enough to concede that the Word has real, practical meaning?
Book review: Jesuit history is ripe for the picking
Conscience of a Nation: Jesuits in English Canada (1842-2016), Jesuit History Series vol. 3., edited by Jacques Monet, S.J. (Novalis, softcover, 224 pages, $34.95)
Documentary celebrates women’s voice in the Church
The role of a woman in the Church does not have to be second best.
Canadian producer launches Catholic children's show
If we can teach children the importance of sharing and tidying up through a cheerful song on a TV show, then why can’t we use this same medium to teach them about the faith?