“I didn’t want the film simply to be about the ‘life of a saint,’” says Roland Joffe of “There Be Dragons.”

From Thomas C Fox at NCR In what appears to be a reconciliatory move by the U S bishops rsquo Committee on Doctrine towards church scholars who took issue with the committee rsquo s sharp critique of a book by a prominent Fordham University theologian the committee executive director has wri

The route of the elevated 7 train which travels between Queens and Manhattan passes by 5 Pointz a now-empty artist space The owners of the building encourage graffiti artists to paint the walls resulting in a colorful array of designs and images as you can see here It s one of my favorite sp

YouCat The book rsquo s title sounds a bit like a trendy blog or a cartoon character but its message is a serious one ldquo It will not make life easy for you rdquo Pope Benedict XVI writes in the foreword ldquo because it demands of you a new life rdquo Short for ldquo Youth Catechism of

As a big fan of The West Wing I always looked forward to any scenes in which President Bartlett s Catholicism came into focus Bartlett played of course by Martin Sheen was a generally likeable intelligent character who often grappled with moral implications of his faith In this recent inter

Under the category of Interesting Use of a Guinness World Record Attempt as a Method of Evangelization and Protest approximately 24 000 students and teachers gathered on March 9 at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila to form the world s largest human cross Check out a slideshow containing mor

I recently wrote about my encounter with an Iraqi Christian refugee family in Lebanon during a press trip with the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in Nov 2010 During that trip I also spoke briefly with Issam Bishara the Vice President for the Pontifical Mission for the Middle East about t

From NPR The Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia say McDonald s has some explaining to do They want the company to report to the world on what it s doing to address the public s concerns about the health effects of fast food They are especially interested in how the fare affects kids The n

Lessons from a trip to Lebanon