Arts Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:27:17 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb ‘Miracles From Heaven’: Best-selling memoir gets dramatic movie adaptation /features/arts/item/21946-miracles-from-heaven-best-selling-memoir-gets-dramatic-movie-adaptation /features/arts/item/21946-miracles-from-heaven-best-selling-memoir-gets-dramatic-movie-adaptation

Nine-year-old Annabel Beam suffered from an incurable digestive disorder that put her in constant pain. But when she fell 30 feet, headfirst, into a hollowed tree, she came out of her ordeal unharmed and healed of her disorder. Oh yes, and she also had an encounter with Jesus in Heaven.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Movie News Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:00:00 -0400
Ambitious film tackles Jesus as no other has dared /features/arts/item/21933-ambitious-film-tackles-jesus-as-no-other-has-dared /features/arts/item/21933-ambitious-film-tackles-jesus-as-no-other-has-dared

For the first time in cinematic history, a film is exploring the life of the child Jesus. The Young Messiah, in theatres March 11, follows the seven-year-old Jesus growing up in Egypt after the Holy Family fled Bethlehem to escape King HerodƵapp wrath. With news of HerodƵapp death, Joseph decides it is time to return. The journey, however, is not without its obstacles as HerodƵapp son assumes the search for the child Saviour.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Movie News Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:00:00 -0500
Can religious art be taken seriously again? A Q&A with Aaron Rosen /features/arts/item/21916-can-religious-art-be-taken-seriously-again-a-q-a-with-aaron-rosen /features/arts/item/21916-can-religious-art-be-taken-seriously-again-a-q-a-with-aaron-rosen

It is not easy to be a respected member of the art-world intelligentsia and take religion seriously.

“Religion and modern art continue to be typecast as mortal enemies,” writes Aaron Rosen.

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Arts News Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:00:00 -0500
‘Of Kings and Prophets’ like ‘Game of Thrones’ minus the dragons /features/arts/item/21886-of-kings-and-prophets-like-game-of-thrones-minus-the-dragons /features/arts/item/21886-of-kings-and-prophets-like-game-of-thrones-minus-the-dragons

If you’re planning to watch “Of Kings and Prophets,” bring your bandages.

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Arts News Sun, 06 Mar 2016 08:00:00 -0500
One manƵapp belief that culture conquers all /features/arts/item/21877-one-man-s-belief-that-culture-conquers-all /features/arts/item/21877-one-man-s-belief-that-culture-conquers-all

The main driving force of history is neither politics nor economics but rather the culture in which these human conditions exist, or so thought a pope who witnessed the phenomenon first hand.

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evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Movie News Sat, 05 Mar 2016 08:30:51 -0500
Boston Cardinal O’Malley praises Oscar winner ‘Spotlight’ /features/arts/item/21863-boston-cardinal-o-malley-praises-oscar-winner-spotlight /features/arts/item/21863-boston-cardinal-o-malley-praises-oscar-winner-spotlight

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley has praised the Oscar-winning movie “Spotlight,” which portrays The Boston GlobeƵapp investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the archdiocese, for forcing the Catholic Church to acknowledge its “crimes and sins” in covering up for predator priests.

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Movie News Wed, 02 Mar 2016 07:29:50 -0500
Risen /features/arts/item/21810-risen /features/arts/item/21810-risen

NEW YORK - In days of yore, Hollywood knew how to make Christian themes pay off at the box office.

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Movie News Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:11:02 -0500
Race /features/arts/item/21809-race /features/arts/item/21809-race

NEW YORK - Run, don't walk, to the nearest multiplex and see "Race" (Focus), a supremely entertaining biopic about Olympic track and field legend Jesse Owens (Stephan James).

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Movie News Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:10:01 -0500
A hardened soldierƵapp story of redemption /features/arts/item/21795-a-hardened-soldier-s-story-of-redemption /features/arts/item/21795-a-hardened-soldier-s-story-of-redemption

A fictionalized film account of the days following ChristƵapp death and resurrection, Risen tries to stay true to Scripture as it tells the story of a Roman soldier tasked with solving ChristianityƵapp most fundamental mystery.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Movie News Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:34:58 -0500
A failure to communicate /features/arts/item/21759-a-failure-to-communicate /features/arts/item/21759-a-failure-to-communicate

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has decided it doesn’t need a communications committee any more.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Arts News Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:49:08 -0500