In new book, Annapolis historian delves into rich history of St. Mary parish September 26, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News Robert Worden’s new book, “Soldiers of the Cross: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos and the Catholic Community in Annapolis During the Civil War” (Gatekeeper Press) dives into the complicated history of St. Mary’s during the Civil War.
Harris backs ending filibuster for law to codify a national right to abortion September 25, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News In one of her strongest statements on restoring a national right to abortion as it existed under the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973, Vice President Kamala Harris has said she would support eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate in order to bring back federal protections for a woman’s right to an abortion as they existed under Roe.
Movie Review: ‘Never Let Go’ September 25, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews As allegorical horror films about woodland isolation complicated by demon-infestation rate, “Never Let Go” (Lionsgate) checks off all the unpleasant boxes.
Missouri joins Nebraska in legal challenges to abortion ballot initiatives September 9, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News As ballot deadlines approach, Missouri joins Nebraska as states where ballot initiatives to enshrine legal abortion in their respective state constitutions this November now face court challenges. Late Sept. 6 in Missouri, Cole County Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh ruled against the proposed abortion amendment, declaring that the initiative campaigners, Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, had not […]
Movie Review: ‘AfrAId’ September 4, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The less-than-compelling psychological thriller “AfrAId” (Columbia) takes the rise of this phenomenon as its premise but then speculates on its possible downside.
FACE lawsuit filed against former friar for barricading himself inside abortion clinic September 4, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The latest federal lawsuit against a pro-life activist involves a former Franciscan friar who barricaded himself in a restroom at a Philadelphia abortion clinic, forcing an intervention by a police SWAT team.
Seven activists convicted of FACE Act violations by blockading Michigan abortion clinic August 22, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The third major trial in the past two years of pro-life activists accused of blockading abortion clinics ended Aug. 20 with the convictions of all seven defendants for violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act.
Federal judge rules Maine can exclude Catholic schools from state’s school tuition grant program August 13, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News Catholic schools are still excluded from Maine’s tuition grant program, a federal judge ruled Aug. 8, but he added that he expected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to eventually provide “a more authoritative ruling.”
Tony Spence, Catholic journalism veteran, dies at 71; called his work ‘a vocation I truly love’ July 30, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, Obituaries, World News Anthony J. “Tony” Spence, former director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service, died July 28 in Nashville, Tennessee, after a long illness. He was 71. “The Catholic Media Association is grateful to God for the life of Tony Spence,” Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News and president of the CMA board, and Rob DeFrancesco, […]
U.S. military disavows soldier training class claiming pro-life groups are terrorist actors July 16, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News When a routine training class on July 10 for soldiers who guard the base entrance gates, identified, in a PowerPoint presentation, both Operation Rescue and National Right to Life as terrorist groups, as well as showing a “Choose Life” license plate, there was initial confusion followed by immediate outrage as an image of that slide leaked onto social media.
Movie Review: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ July 2, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Though it’s the third film in a franchise that kicked off in 2018, “A Quiet Place: Day One” (Paramount) serves, as its subtitle suggests, as a prequel to its predecessors. Accordingly, it recounts the opening stages of the series’ trademark showdown between resourceful humans and marauding aliens.
Comic book tells story of Buffalo priest up for sainthood and beloved for his work with poor June 22, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, Saints, World News Dubbed by local newspapers as “the padre of the poor,” Father Baker (1842-1936) built, in addition to the basilica, an orphanage, a maternity hospital, a trade school and a home for infant care.
