The story of a film that became an inspiration to Jesuits and their companions worldwide.

The convent lost power and generators were put into place as backup. A fire department captain told local media that the sisters, some of whom were on oxygen, were scared but in good spirits. “We joked with them a little bit.... They are a great bunch of ladies.”

“Up until the last five or 10 years, Mass was offered every day. Then it was hard to get priests [every day]; then it was hard to get priests on the weekend. There were [fewer priests] in the parishes and they were being stretched thin.”

“The Exorcist” exposed people around the world to the question of evil in a new and terrifying way. It also laid the groundwork for a different kind of horror story.

A story about a patriarch who keeps humiliating his children.

“We need to help our society to see our common humanity—that we are all children of God, meant to live together as brothers and sisters.”

The second season of the F.B.I. serial killer show confronts the brutality of human existence.

Across the nation, bishops and other church leaders have spoken out against Trump administration asylum, detention and immigration policies. Many dioceses have mobilized to provide services for those under threat. But some Catholics worry the overall church response has been too muted, given the gravity of the crisis.

The Amazon series is based on the much-beloved fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

In the four years since Pope Francis released his encyclical “On Care of Our Common Home,” both global and local reporting on the effects of climate change has only gotten more dire.