Throughout his career as priest, bishop, cardinal and now Pope, the former Jorge Bergoglio has recorded his thoughts on Church teachings and the nature of God in more than 20 books – but one recent release takes a completely different perspective, presenting these issues and others through the eyes of children.

Busy 3-D visuals fail to mask the flat tone and by-the-numbers storytelling of the animated sci-fi adventure Ratchet & Clank (Gramercy). In fact, even undemanding youngsters may feel the space-time continuum yawning before them as the seemingly interminable 94 minutes of this video-game adaptation tick away.

The tragic loss of two valued and treasured members of the Perth Vietnamese Catholic Community recently sent shockwaves throughout the Archdiocese of Perth.

Starring Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson, Queen Latifah, Eugenio Derbez, John Carroll Lynch. Directed by Patricia Riggen. 109 minutes. Rated PG (Mild themes. Some upsetting scenes)

The warmth and candour that Pope Francis has demonstrated since his election to the papacy in 2013 has had a sweeping effect over so many within, and outside, the Catholic Church.

On the evening of 2 April, 2005, Wlodzimierz Redzioch, a Polish journalist who worked for more than 30 years for the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, was with the thousands praying in St Peter’s Square.

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (Universal) is both a prequel and a sequel. As such, it falls between two stools – with a resounding thud.

Forest, fauna and beast never looked as good as they do in The Jungle Book (Disney), a lavish retelling of the 1894 collection of stories by British author Rudyard Kipling.

Darkness hovers over the neighbouring cities of Gotham and Metropolis, the main settings of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Warner Bros).

When St Mary’s Cathedral opened its doors as a completed structure in December 2009, it was a notable event for Perth’s Catholic community, showing how 160 years of history could be unified and reflected in one building.