The film, which stars FKA twigs and Noah Jupe alongside Cage, follows Jesus as a young boy being tempted by Satan to rebel against his father, Joseph (Cage). The film’s source material is established with an opening title card. “Based on the Infancy Gospel of Thomas,” it reads. But Nathan concedes he couldn’t rely solely on the text and had to fill in narrative gaps, as with a storyline involving Satan. (Fauria, AP News)
Read MoreOver a decade since it went off the air, “The Office” has become the lingua franca of the social internet. Michael Scott and his rubber-faced expressions have provided an entire emotional vocabulary for tweets and replies. (Poniewozik, The New York Times)
Read MoreA top Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ally rallied anti-vaccine activists over the weekend with an exhortation to stay strong in the face of attacks by the government, media and mainstream medical figures. (Weber, The Washington Post)
Read MoreHolding the door open, offering a compliment, paying for someone's coffee, or handing someone a flower just because you can, World Kindness Day celebrates acts of kindness big and small. (Gomez, USA Today)
Read MoreU.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. (Stanley, AP News)
Read MoreChina, Russia, Iran and North Korea form an “Axis of Upheaval” whose members collude to repress religious freedom both within – and often outside – their borders, a new study says. (Camp, Baptist Press)
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