I am a member of the Knights of Columbus and have been for almost 20 years. I am always amazed at the good works performed and money raised for charity; the sheer volume of hours, and the staggering amount of money raised every year…

The University of Notre Dame has always held a soft spot in my Catholic heart. I can remember watching Knute Rockne All American as a kid and thinking I’d like to go there some day. Well, like most childhood dreams this one faded away into…

Unplanned, that opens in theaters March 29, is about the experience of Abby Johnson a former Planned Parenthood clinic director who has a stunning, and some might say miraculous, transformation into a true prolife activist. The film…

Through my work writing reviews at CatholicDigest.com I am often times sent links to videos or DVDs to preview. So are very good and some are, to be charitable, OK. This review is for the new History channel four-part series about Jesus…

I’m not normally someone who likes to watch foreign films. However, the subject of the French film The Apparition piqued my interest as it was a secular film telling the story of a teenage girl who has claimed to have seen an apparition of…

I have a confession to make. Strange coming from a priest I know, but here it is: I’m not a fan of Christmas-themed movies unless it is the original Die Hard which is a Christmas movie and don’t let anyone else tell you different. But I…

I will confess going into the viewing of Instant Family I was a little skeptical of what the comedy film that hits theaters on Nov. 16 would be. Would it be as funny as I wanted it to be? Would there be touching moments and life lessons?…

The movie Indivisible, based on a true story, explores the life of Army chaplain Darren Turner, his wife Heather, and their children. This is also a movie about the men and women who go to war and are damaged by the experience. Darren,…

We live in the age of social media. And even those of us who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s and are certainly not millennials, are part of the lost kids of Generation X. We are the sons and daughters of the baby boomers and most of us are the…

The thought of watching a documentary can sometimes strike fear into my heart. Not fear of death, but fear of boredom or fear of falling asleep. That was not the case when I watched the great documentary The Heart of Nuba.  This 85-minute…