Japhy Ryder is the main character in Jack Kerouac's novel "The Dharma Bums." The book's based on the real-life experience of Beat Generation poet Gary Snyder, working as a "firewatcher" in the Pacific ...

Papal elections aren't always as dramatic as "Conclave," a new film starring Ralph Fiennes, but the history behind the ...

The conclave system may seem dramatic, but it was developed after centuries of outside interference and looting.

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

The meeting of the USCCB will be the first chance for the bishops to talk and plan after the October synod of bishops and the ...

On the eve of Tuesday’s election, RealClearPolitics posted a striking number. Its composite average of presidential polls ...

DONALD TRUMP is to return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States. Early analysis of exit polls for the ...

Contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for president, I am the Democratic Party’s candidate for president, who happens also to be a Catholic.” Despite this clever ...

Ralph Fiennes as Lawrence is fantastic; he portrays a character who balances his duties and his beliefs in what is right. Fiennes does a great job of displaying the crisis of faith that Lawrence is ...

I HAVE YET TO SEE a single Catholic priest come out in open antagonism toward voting in the coming election. All the priests ...

Churchgoers spilled out of a bus on a colorful fall Sunday afternoon and headed into the Richmond City Office of Elections to ...

As we get closer to the end of the year, much of the film world begins to prepare for awards season. Aside from holiday ...