Saint Ralph opens in a confession booth, and the litany of adolescent sins confessed tells us succinctly—and humorously—that 14-year-old Catholic schoolboy Ralph Walker (newcomer Adam Butcher) is ...

If you have a low tolerance for inspirational sports movies, you might want to remove half a star (or more) from that three-star rating. Still, even when it’s pushing the limits of shameless ...

It's the 1953-54 school year at St. Magnus Catholic School in Hamilton, Ontario. 14-year-old Ralph Walker is in many ways a typical teenager. He is experimenting with smoking and openly preoccupied ...

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

“Saint Ralph” is an amiable sentimental fantasy, joining running, religion and a boy with a whole lot of problems into an earnest production that entertains even as it milks some of its situations for ...

The Boston Marathon isn't just any foot race. The celebrated event began in 1897, making it not only the oldest annual marathon in the world but one of the most prestigious as well. For most of those ...

For Ralph Walker, as it is with all of us here, miracles come in an assortment of sizes.Not getting picked on by the more aggressive kids at St. Magnuson’s, the Catholic school in the industrial ...

Even though it sprints along a well-trod path through familiar territory, "Saint Ralph" remains compelling as it follows the misadventures of a young long-distance runner in Hamilton, Ontario during ...

There are two Saint Ralphs in the Catholic hagiography: Ralph of Bourges, a ninth-century French abbot, and Ralph Crockett, a 16th-century English martyr. Compared to Saints Peter and Aquinas, the ...

Starring Adam Butcher and Campbell Scott. Rated PG. Aside from the reassuring presences of Campbell Scott, as the faith-troubled Father Hibbert, and Gordon Pinsent, as autocratic schoolmaster Father ...