Sundance Film Festival captures human experience
Sr. Rose: Ten days at Sundance not only saw wonderful films, but wonderful people and experiences -- even a camel.
Art & Media
Respond to education, labor crises for youth with real help, pope says
Young people's essential needs, including decent work and an education, demand a serious, effective response from both the church and the wider community, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Problems facing young people "cannot be met with responses that are evasive or banal," he said, especially if humanity is going to have a hopeful, generous future.
The pope made his remarks Thursday during an audience with members and advisers of the Pontifical Council for Culture. The council was hosting a plenary meeting at the Vatican Feb. 6-9 on "Emerging Youth Cultures."
Chilling exhibit confronts war's combat, aftermath through a lens
This exhibit of war photographs elicits so many profound emotions, it is almost sure to touch anyone who comes to view it.
Three in 10 Americans say God has hand in sporting events
Catholics are slightly more likely to hold God as the ultimate referee than the overall population, a January survey found.
Vatican admits it doesn't fully understand youth culture
Even if youth culture is often marked by individualism, superficiality and hedonism, a cardinal said Thursday that its diversity "contains surprising seeds of fruitfulness."
Sundance comes to a close with impressive award-winners
Editor's note: Sr. Rose Pacatte spent Jan. 17-27 at the Sundance Film Festival. Read all of Sr. Rose's Sundance entries here.
Windrider Forum a perfect introduction to Sundance, filmmaking
Editor's note: Sr. Rose Pacatte spent Jan. 17-27 at the Sundance Film Festival. This entry chronicles her experiences Jan. 24. Read all of Sr. Rose's Sundance entries here.
Kansas City bishop says NCR undermines the faith
Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., Bishop Robert Finn wrote Friday the National Catholic Reporter is undermining church teachings. He cited coverage of women's ordination, artificial contraception, sexual morality in general, and the "lionizing" of dissident theologies.
PBS documentaries capture three American history stories
PBS always has something interesting waiting in the wings. This week, it will broadcast a trifecta of significant documentaries.
"The Revisionaries" (Independent Lens)
10 p.m. Monday (check local listings)
What's the message on the runway for Baroque fashions?
Viewpoint: Ecclesiastical clothes today are less intelligible and point less clearly to something beyond their colors and gilt than 50 years ago.
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In This Issue
May 10-23, 2013
- Illinois parish's ESL program welcomes all
- A different Mary assumes the stage
- A question few seem to consider when the US wages war afar
- [Print Edition Only] Special Section: Summer Listings
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