Sundancing around faith. Writing in First Things, Anthony Sacramone makes some excellent points about how the presentation of faith and religion has changed over the years.Citing an article in the LA Times about faith-themed movies screened at Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival, Sacramone notes how movie makers have gone from giving us faith-inspired movies like…

The wisdom of Ernest Borgnine. Upon winning a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, the legendary 94-year-old Oscar winner (for Marty in 1955) had this to say: “We are a privileged few who have been chosen to work in this field.” He added “I hope that we will never let our dedication to…

The Rite Stuff at the box office? New Line is hoping its PG-rated story of exorcists battling the devil will pull gross somewhere in the high teens (as in millions of dollars) this weekend. The movie, based on a book about a real-life exorcist, is receiving praise for treating treating faith with respect and priests…

If Martin Luther King were alive today he’d be a pro-life social conservative. That’s what Dr. Alveeda King, full-time Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., says. Some on the left are discounting that notion, arguing that, if anything, MLK leaned toward socialism — making…

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