NEW YORK. Though it has the relationship between a teen girl and a cuddly creature at its core, “The Legend of Ochi” (PG, A24) is not a sunny children’s movie. In fact, this fantasy tale is a sort of infernal machine of confounding dark imagery, threats of violence and a mixed moral about honoring your parents while respecting nature.

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Fifth Sunday of Easter

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Easter

NEW YORK. Over the course of several years in the 1840s, Charles Dickens, already renowned for his novels, penned a different kind of text. Entitled “The Life of Our Lord,” his version of the Gospel story was intended for a small and exclusive audience: the nine of his 10 children who survived infancy.