Whenever Catholics are faced with the very human failures of the institutional church, we must answer a difficult question: Why do we stay? The church is our home, the community in which we encounter ...

Philomena is a quirky movie about an adorable old Irish lady—played by none other than Dame Judi Dench—and its release is timed to coincide with prime holiday family-movie-viewing season. You’re right ...

Part road movie and part odd-couple buddy film, Philomena is mainly about having someone live solely in your imagination for 50 years only to experience that person becoming real. It's an ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Philomena is a 2013 drama movie directed by Stephen Frears. The film tells the story of Philomena Lee, who is an elderly Irish woman. She is searching for her son she was forced to give up decades ago ...

She plays Philomena Lee, a devout old woman with love and sadness in her heart leavened by a pleasing penchant for dirty talk. She is escorted on her journey by Steve Coogan as Sixsmith, the disgraced ...

From 'Skyfall' to 'Notes on a Scandal', these Judi Dench performances reveal why she remains one of cinema’s finest actors.

ROME (Reuters) - Philomena Lee, whose long search for the son she was forced to give up as an unwed teenager in Catholic Ireland inspired the Oscar-nominated film bearing her name, says that after ...

It's safe to say Philomena is not the movie the embattled Catholic Church was hoping to see this holiday season. Directed by British filmmaker Stephen Frears (My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous ...