One of the most compassionate shows on television, “Call the Midwife,” returns this Sunday, April 2, for its sixth season.
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Pope Francis on Netflix: from the slums of Argentina to the halls of the Vatican
“Call Me Francis” is unafraid to delve into Francis’ intellectual conflicts. But neither is it afraid to be funny.
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Why are we so fascinated with the lives of the English queens?
If the rich are different from you and me, how much more different, then, are royalty?
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Is it easier to see your own sin in outer space?
Why is it easier to explore the gritty reality of racism, sexism or elitism when it’s set in another world?
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It’s time to admit it: Benedict Cumberbatch isn’t a good Sherlock Holmes
Is Sherlock Holmes back? Well, it depends on how we define “back.”
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The Young Pope: The Catholic art that Catholics need (but might not want).
Jude Law gives us a nuanced portrait of a too easily satirized character: the Catholic cleric.
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Sherlock Holmes: Pop Culture’s Christ Figure
What is it about Sherlock; drama that elicits such admiration and, at times, troubling obsessiveness?
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How ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ continues to defy common sense
Today the chances of selling a Christian-themed, anti-commercialism Christmas special would seem just as slim as they were in the 1960s.
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Heaven is a place for self-improvement in a new NBC comedy
The afterlife. For as long as we have been around, we have fashioned stories about how you get there, who lives there and what happens when you arrive.
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Can watching a Netflix series actually make you a better Catholic?
“High Maintenance” and “Easy” train viewers to think outside of themselves and to consider what is going on inside other people’s minds.