The movies have less and less to offer because the entertainment-industrial complex is growing less and less substantial. The art of cinema has become the art of senselessness, churning out tired-out properties and studio-calculated scripts with far more concern for profit than performance. Mission: Impossible 8. (This movie will self-destruct in five seconds.) Another Superman…

When I saw the white smoke rising and heard the joyful cry of Habemus Papam! echoing from St. Peter’s Basilica, my heart swelled with gratitude and hope. The announcement that Cardinal Robert Prevost had been elected as Pope Leo XIV filled many of us with renewed optimism—especially American Catholics. As the first American to ascend…

Above: Giotto (1266–1337) From the Roman office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin. 43rd, 2nd on Pentecost. My holy brethren, ye remember that I have likened the Saviour to that eagle,…