In 1899, Pope Leo XIII promulgated Annum Sacrum, an encyclical calling for the world’s consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Detail of a painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Visitation ...

March 25 marks one year since Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Earlier this week, the Pope encouraged “each believer and community, especially prayer groups ...

“Consecration” is something you hardly see anymore: a Catholic horror movie that isn’t about exorcism. Yet after decades of “Exorcist” knockoffs, moviegoers have been conditioned to anticipate the ...

Marco Vito Oddo is a writer, journalist, and amateur game designer. Passionate about superhero comic books, horror films, and indie games, he formally worked as a Senior Writer for Collider. When he's ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. The Vatican announced last week that Pope Francis had invited all the bishops and priests of the ...

Nuns have always been a source of mystery and trauma for religious-themed horror movies. They are driving forces in movies like Veronica (2017) and The Crucifixion (2017). Last year's Prey for the ...

This unsatisfying horror film follows a woman’s search for clues after her brother’s mysterious death at a seaside convent. By Brandon Yu When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Father Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, Notre Dame Cathedral's rector-archpriest, surrounded by clergy members, elevates the host at the consecration of the Eucharist during the first Mass open to the public ...

Purest hokum, of course, but what hokum! Real pride has gone into crafting this set of shocks, and it’s very well acted in beautiful locations This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a ...

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