St. Peter's Square and Basilica in Rome.
St. Peter's Square and Basilica in Rome. (photo: Photo credit: Alberto Luccaroni, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Mary Shovlain on Rome, Steven Greydanus on movies (1/7/2017)

This weekend on Register Radio, Matthew Bunson talks with EWTN News Nightly's Rome producer Mary Shovlain about the challenges and joys of living in Rome and covering the Vatican. Then he talks to Register film critic Steven Greydanus about the best and the worst movies of 2016, including Rogue One, Ben Hur, and Hacksaw Ridge. Join Matthew Bunson, senior editor with the National Catholic Register, for Register Radio, Saturday at 7pm Eastern, and Sunday at 11am Eastern, only on EWTN Radio.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis