National Catholic Reporter: Content by Sr. Rose Pacatte

Long ago in China, during the time of emperors, Hua Mulan (Yifei Liu) is a young woman of marriageable age. Although her rural village is small, a matchmaker (Pei-Pei Cheng) …

In the first episode of “Unorthodox,” a new original series from Netflix, Esther Shapiro or “Esty” (Shira Haas) as she is known in her family and ultra-Orthodox Yiddish-speaking Satmar Hasidic …

There is nothing like being unexpectedly homebound, as the coronavirus has done to us all.

Even if you are working remotely, the days may be shorter because others are in a …

An hourlong documentary about the man who could be the second Native American (after St. Kateri Tekakwitha) and first American Indian male to be canonized a saint, is airing on …

In 1971, when the new television series “Mrs. America” begins, Phyllis Schlafly, played to perfection by Cate Blanchett, is at the top of her game.

With a graduate degree in government …

One day, Canadian filmmaker Jon Hyatt looked at his three sons, his wife and his own screen time use and started asking questions: who or what is in control of …

It’s always hard for me to think of actor and director Ron Howard as a grandfather. To me, he’ll always be Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor’s (Andy Griffith) son Opie, permanently about 9-years-old. But even television kids …

If there is one thing about one of America’s most famous Catholic novelists, Flannery O’Connor, it is that she defies the boxes we seek to put her in.

A new documentary, …

As ongoing news stories and commentaries on COVID-19 are filled with conflicting information and excess verbiage that distracts from real human needs, talking about truth seems like an excellent idea.

Ann …

Adam (Charlie Plummer) is in his senior year when he transfers to St. Agatha’s Catholic High School after he is diagnosed with schizophrenia. At his former school, he wrecked the …

Hollywood has been looking for a way to give audiences the big screen experience in this era of social distancing. Classic film series are happening in outdoor venues in Los …

Hollywood has been looking for a way to give audiences the big screen experience in this era of social distancing. Classic film series are happening in outdoor venues in Los …