Mother Teresa, the Nobel Prize-winning Catholic nun who died in 1997 and whose life-long devotion to the poor is respected by almost everyone not named Christopher Hitchens, would have been 100 years old this coming August 26th. In honor of that event, the Catholic League made a formal request to honor her life on that…

Did she or didn’t she…exist? Based on a novel that is itself based on a legend that won’t go away, the new German film Pope Joan tells the story of a ninth century young woman who, frustrated by a lack of opportunities for women (the 9th century was, after all, pre-Title 9), allegedly disguised herself…

The Wrap notes that last weekend’s number 1 of Toy Story 3 marks the eleventh straight number one opening for the animation studio that could.   Beginning with the original Toy Story in 1995 and including such classics as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Wall-E and Up the company has had an unequaled string of success powered mostly by non-sequels.…

In what might be described as the Catholic equivalent of being chosen one of the best movies of all-time by the American Film Institute, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has announced that The Blues Brothers, the1980 slapstick comedy starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd has been named a “Catholic classic.” The designation reportedly places it…

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