By focusing on the most salacious parts of its history, as well as recent U.S. politics, the book Opus doesn't shed much light on the lingering questions around Opus Dei or its place in the church in the 21st century.
NCR spoke with actress Sophie Thatcher of the new movie "Heretic" about how her religious background influenced her approach to her character, the Mormon missionary Sister Barnes.
Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, "Woman of the Hour," tells the improbable but true story of a serial killer who appeared on a national dating show seeking his next victim in 1978.
"Heretic," starring Hugh Grant, is a cat-and-mouse thriller and theological procedural. Grant, actors Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East, and writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods spoke to NCR about the film.
In Perfect Eloquence, journalist Tom Hoffarth has assembled an entertaining, detailed and assuming history of Vin Scully's long, charmed life in the form of 67 essays by people who knew him.
When Matthew LaBanca was fired by the Brooklyn Diocese in 2021 for marrying his same-sex partner, he lost two jobs, health insurance and a cherished Catholic community. He stars in a play about his experience that opens Nov. 7.
Who poses the greatest threat to the survival of American democracy today? Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman argue in 'White Rural Rage' that the answer is clear.
The grand finale of the 2024 baseball season is just getting started, as the cross-country World Series pits the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Yankees. But for the A's priest, baseball came to a mournful end last month.
