"First things first," said St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner as he accepted the trophy as Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. “I’ve got to thank my Lord and Savior up above – thank You, Jesus!”
The Kendrick Brothers have made a name for themselves producing quality faith-based family dramas such as Facing the Giants, Fireproof, Overcomer, and War Room.
When St. Maximilian Kolbe was a young boy, the Blessed Mother appeared to him and offered him a choice of two crowns: a white crown, symbolizing a life of heroic virtue, and a red crown, symbolizing martyrdom for his faith. He chose both.
Forty-eight years ago, abortion on demand became “the law of the land” with a controversial 7-2 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. Roe v. Wade, a 2021 film now available digitally through on-demand streaming services, explains the real story behind that tragic ruling that has resulted in the killing of 62 million unborn lives to date.
Saint Augustine and his mother, St. Monica, lived a long time ago in a land far, far away. But the story of a parent’s sorrowful prayers for a child whose search for meaning has led him astray is familiar to every generation, including many right now.
The Secret, a 2006 documentary film and bestseller, proposed a simple “Law of Attraction”: think positive thoughts, focus on goals, and your dreams will come true.
Indian-American political commentator Dinesh D’Souza has produced films before, namely politically conservative documentaries including Hillary’s America and his 2020 election-year release Trump Card: Beating Socialism, Corruption and the Deep State.
The life of Jesus Christ been portrayed in numerous films, with Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth and Mel Gibson’s The Passion of The Christ ranking among the most popular treatments in recent memory. Now there’s a new entry that has already met with broad approval despite its unique marketing efforts.
Imagine a humble Catholic priest who could fill a sports arena as well as Billy Graham in his heyday. Fr. Patrick Peyton, the Irish immigrant and Holy Cross priest, for decades drew crowds in the hundreds of thousands to millions during his worldwide Rosary Crusades.
In the relatively few images of Fr. Vincent Capodanno among the Marines serving in the Vietnam War, he looks like one of them, or perhaps like an older officer among the mostly 18- and 19-year-old infantrymen.
The two men bonded over this common goal — and, in the end, they triumphed, having exerted significant influence in such victories as the rise of the Solidarity movement in Poland, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the end of the Cold War.
Tragedy can test our faith. The question of why bad things happen to good people has haunted humanity from the start. When misfortune befalls people we perceive as evil, it’s easy to suppose it’s a matter of divine justice. But what about the virtuous and the innocent?
A Hidden Life tells the story of this brave man who held to his sacred principles even when much of the populace of Austria — including its clergy — capitulated in fear to the Nazi annexation of their country. Even his wife, mother, and parish priest initially wished he would somehow accommodate the call to fight.
The familiar story of the 1917 appearances of the Virgin Mary to three young shepherd children in Portugal receives a beautiful big-screen treatment in the new 2020 drama Fatima, scheduled for release to theaters everywhere on April 24.
The new docudrama Faustina: Love and Mercy provides a window into the brief life and work of St. Faustina, whom Pope St. John Paul II canonized in 2000 as the “first saint of the new millennium.