Screenwriter-director Roberto Rossellini begins his film with a Biblical quote from St. Paul: “God chose the foolish things of this world to humiliate the learned, and the weak, to humiliate the ...

All of our Catholic Movie Club films this month have been inspired by Pope Francis’ life and legacy. As we come to the end of May, it felt appropriate to cover the most famous film made about his ...

Crazy! This was my first impression of St. Francis after reading about his life as described in “The Little Flowers of Saint Francis.” Crazy because his thought and the thoughts of his monks seemed so ...

(Roberto Rossellini, 1949). Co-scripted by Fellini and Rossellini, who shun all dramatic structure, this little masterpiece, the story of St. Francis of Assissi and his acolytes is simple and charming ...