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Why ‘Conclave’ is captivating audiences as the season’s big Indie hit
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Why ‘Conclave’ is captivating audiences as the season’s big Indie hit

Kimberly HeatheringtonDecember 2, 20246 min read
Expected to top $30 million in ticket sales by the time it transitions from movie theaters to streaming services, secular reviews are exuberant and Academy Award buzz abounds for Conclave.
Seasonal musical feast prepared for Catholics in Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Seasonal musical feast prepared for Catholics in Archdiocese of Baltimore

Gerry JacksonDecember 2, 20248 min read
Musicians and musical directors have prepared a wide array of performances to treat worshipers during the Catholic calendar’s most joyous time of the year.
‘It was brought back to life’: Americans react to Notre Dame’s scheduled Dec. 8 reopening
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‘It was brought back to life’: Americans react to Notre Dame’s scheduled Dec. 8 reopening

Kimberly HeatheringtonNovember 30, 20248 min read
Five years later — owing to the courage of Paris’ firefighters, nearly $1 billion from worldwide donors, and the skills of almost 1,000 artisans — Notre Dame is scheduled to reopen to the public Dec. 7-8.
Parish prayer shawl ministry brings ‘a hug from God’ around the globe
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Parish prayer shawl ministry brings ‘a hug from God’ around the globe

Gina ChristianNovember 28, 20245 min read
A prayer shawl ministry at a Pennsylvania parish is wrapping hundreds around the world in what members call “a hug from God.”
Former Femen activist apologizes for desecrating Notre Dame in 2013 protest against church, pope
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Former Femen activist apologizes for desecrating Notre Dame in 2013 protest against church, pope

Caroline de SuryNovember 27, 20245 min read
A decade ago, Marguerite Stern entered Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, screaming and topless, to demonstrate her hatred of the church and the pope. In a gesture of repentance, she has now apologized to Catholics for her actions.
Conference series highlights why the Catholic imagination matters
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Conference series highlights why the Catholic imagination matters

Michael MastromatteoNovember 26, 20245 min read
Anyone hopeful for a stronger Catholic presence in contemporary arts and letters can only be heartened in the aftermath of the recent Catholic Imagination Conference at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.
Ratzinger Prize winner draws from late pope’s engagement with modernity
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Ratzinger Prize winner draws from late pope’s engagement with modernity

Justin McLellanNovember 26, 20245 min read
“We don’t have another theologian, it seems to me, that has been as engaged with modernity as Benedict,” said Cyril O’Regan, a co-winner of the 2024 Ratzinger Prize, often dubbed the “Nobel Prize of Theology.”
Indianapolis museum ‘deeply honored’ its ‘Madonna and Child’ painting chosen for Christmas stamp
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Indianapolis museum ‘deeply honored’ its ‘Madonna and Child’ painting chosen for Christmas stamp

Sean GallagherNovember 22, 20246 min read
This year, the USPS selected as the image for this stamp a painting that has been in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in Indianapolis since 1938.
NCYC is part concert, liturgy, classroom, silly fun, but God is at center of it all
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NCYC is part concert, liturgy, classroom, silly fun, but God is at center of it all

Mike CisnerosNovember 21, 20246 min read
With the final blessing of the final Mass completed, thousands of young people took one last chance to rush the stage and rock out to a few songs to conclude the 2024 National Catholic Youth Conference in Long Beach.
Martin Scorsese’s new saints docuseries opens with Joan of Arc
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Martin Scorsese’s new saints docuseries opens with Joan of Arc

Katie YoderNovember 18, 20244 min read
Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is debuting his latest work on Fox Nation: A new docudrama exploring the lives of the saints.
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