By combining visual craftsmanship with dramatic force and evoking a powerful performance from Cristiana Dell’Anna in the title role, director Alejandro Monteverde delivers a riveting retrospective.

God can and does use anything and everything to reach us, to communicate his love, to connect us to one another. It seems that a mission to spread the joy of the Gospel can be conducted by mail.

Ireland’s Catholic bishops called on Israel and Hamas to immediately end hostilities in the Holy Land as the war triggered by the Oct. 7 attacks enters its sixth month, and U.N. agencies warn that children are dying of starvation in Gaza.

As Ukraine enters its 11th year of confronting Russian aggression, the cross of Christ is “a tree of life (that) bears its fruit every day” in the besieged nation, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Father William Warman Jr., a priest remembered for his deep spirituality and his sensitivity in healthcare ministry, died Feb. 23 in Timonium. He was 85.