(L-R) Pope Pius XIII and Pope Pius XI. COMMENTARY: Pope Pius XI’s treatment 40 years after of Pope Leo XIII’s social encyclical offers a core of continuing vitality.

Alfred Derks Movie theater A good Christian film can help us take Christianity more seriously, and a bad Christian film can keep us from taking ourselves too seriously.

In her new book, Holly Ordway takes a look at what J.R.R. Tolkien read. BOOK PICK: ‘Tolkien’s Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages’

A 19th-century reprint is good reading for 2021. BOOK PICK: A reprint from 1888 will aid your celebration of the Year of St. Joseph.