Framed as a modern-day Passion Play, Oscar contender "The Whale" stars Brendan Frasier as a morbidly obese online professor mourning the loss of his partner. By Joseph Joyce, Angelus News
A firefighter places a wreath on a tall Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2022, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis prayed at the statue later in the day, continuing the papal tradition of visiting the Spanish Steps on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
