Why did the Scottish government express disappointment? What word won the National Spelling Bee? And other questions from this week's news.

Pixar's latest—about an old widower and a young boy who find themselves on an adventure—blends humor and pathos to create another masterpiece.

Beneath its terrifying exterior, this horror flick offers a morally and theologically fascinating exploration of the Calvinist doctrine of total depravity.

Last night's spelling bee champ rattled off the word with ease, but media today haven't yet connected the Greek adjective to the Bible.

President Obama's Supreme Court pick generally sided with religious freedom.

M. Ward's songs of love, loss, death—and redemption.

The Gosselins need to confess their sins to Christian friends rather than to the TV camera.

New research makes me reexamine smoking as a women's issue, and question when it's time to speak up.

And her untold story of women who choose not to abort their handicapped infants.

Also: A religious-rights test case on the lam.

Pete Docter, director of the new Pixar film Up, says that as a Christian he's learned that relationships matter more than anything—and his new movie shows it.

Midwives may be one major factor in offsetting Africa's high maternal mortality rate.

Ben Stiller returns as a security guard in yet another magical museum, but there’s just not much magic—or human connection—here.

Lessons from the outspoken Christian's friendship with the competition, glam rocker Adam Lambert.

Use deeds when necessary.

With a theme about the heart separating humans from machines, this post-apocalyptic sequel forgets the heart as it mechanically tells a story.

But when children in my home state are going to bed hungry, maybe it's for the best.

The Terminator franchise—including the new Terminator Salvation—is full of religious imagery, much of it ultimately embracing hope for mankind.

Our recent commentary about Derek Webb's battle with his record company over the use of a bad word sparked quite a reaction from readers.

Biblical allusions run throughout the series.

The better question is, what's that woman's political ideology?

Lanae Hale's struggles with self-esteem and self-mutilation continue to haunt her, but her faith is helping on the road to recovery.

Orson Welles had a Catholic upbringing and was involved in several projects based on the Bible, but he mostly identified with Shakespeare's Falstaff—a Christ figure 'decorated with vices.'

The President's outlined goals for reducing abortions are ones I can support—as long as he sticks to them.

W. Robert Godfrey paints popular portrait of Calvin as pilgrim and pastor.

The difficulty of raising children in an adult-centered world.

At Notre Dame this weekend, President Obama seemed to forget the indelible pain of having an abortion.

This French film tells a story of death and grieving, but it's anything but depressing—it's a celebration of life and family.

A quirky romance between two unlikely lovers manages to be moving, despite an uneven story.

Quirky, stylish caper film revels in the blurry line between real life and storytelling.

The organization hopes the new name will broaden its reach.

The sequel to The Da Vinci Code is marginally more entertaining and a bit better in its treatment of religion, but it's still fundamentally silly and inaccurate.

A taciturn railway engineer retires and must find a new life, while encountering many strange experiences along the way.

Lots of birthday candles for Baptists, feuding Pentecostal pastors, and more.

The church's silence on food addiction is ignoring sin—and hurting women.

A top advocate for stopping child prostitution is skeptical about Craigslist's decision to pull its 'erotic services' ads.

With Derek Webb's announcement of a battle over his newest album, some may applaud his apparent stand for the right to swear. But is it really worth the fight?

Viral video on consumption may be coming to a church near you.

Angels & Demons, Catholicism and the "Last Acceptable Prejudice"

But will conservative Christians continue to put her on a pedestal?

The influx of immigrants to the U.S. means a new mission field for churches, says World Relief's Jenny Hwang.

The Virgin Lips movement, and shades of 'how far is too far?'

Ample talents largely squandered in Mexican soccer movie moonlighting as a moral fable

Even without words, our oldest relatives have something important to tell us.

Christians at their best have an odd answer.

The venerable sci-fi series has never been this flashy or exciting—or as uninterested in big ideas—as it is in this part sequel, part prequel, and part reboot.

The failing industry says it will stop charging women at higher premium rates than it charges men.

Or neither? We should stop trying to define a dividing line, because when it comes to music, it's all spiritual.

Why we've always found the Trek triumvirate of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy so, ahem, fascinating.

Ruppy, the world's first transgenic dog, raises questions about the ramifications of genetic tinkering.

The man who became a metaphor for the average American in the 2008 election tells CT about his Christian faith and the future of the Republican Party.

How does the biblical storyline relate to America's all-time-low moving rate?

I'm grateful that the government helped feed my child; I'm less okay with asking it to erase inequality among all citizens.

A thriller about romantic fixation is deflated by an unconvincing antagonist but does try to raise worthwhile questions about marital integrity.

Also: What not to preach when renting and why Americans leave church.

Jim Jarmusch offers a confounding but beautiful look at meaning, language, and spirituality set in surrealist Spain, but it might test the limits of audience attention.

A contract killer and an abused housewife strike up an unlikely friendship in a story of guilt, grace and everything that falls in between.

An ambitious animated sci-fi parable, Battle for Terra has visual style to burn, but its politically correct tale of rapacious invaders and noble natives is less interesting than the world in which the story is set.

Meanwhile, two pageant directors say they paid for Prejean's breast implants weeks before Miss USA.