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Kurt Jensen

Our Sunday Visitor is a Catholic publisher serving millions of Catholics globally through its publishing and communication services. Kurt Jensen writes for OSV News from Washington.

Movie Review: ‘Better Man’


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OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

If nothing else, “Better Man” (Paramount), the biopic of British pop star Robbie Williams, avoids the familiar formula of show business sagas. Most fundamentally, that’s because Williams voices himself as a CGI chimpanzee.

Thomas Little, former pastoral associate for Eastern Vicariate, dies at 76


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Thomas Edward Little of Catonsville, a former pastoral associate for the Eastern Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and pastoral associate for evangelization and adult faith formation at Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville, was an energetic educator, an astute organizer and well-known for his love of singing, Notre Dame football and tropical shirts.

Movie Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’


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OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

In approaching the comic adventure “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” (Paramount), viewers will likely be expecting to witness more of the hyperkinetic antics that are the trademark of the Sega video game-based characters around whom the franchise is built. What they may not be bargaining for are complex layers of emotional pain.

Movie Review: ‘Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.’


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OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

In crafting the biopic “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.” (Angel), writer-director Todd Komarnicki can be credited with being scrupulous about historical truth. Yet, despite the film’s provocative full title — which suggests that he had a lot of interesting material to mine from his subject’s life — there’s a ponderous tone to his profile.

Harris backs ending filibuster for law to codify a national right to abortion


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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.