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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.

Federal court strikes down Illinois law restricting pro-life pregnancy center speech

December 14, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

A federal court has struck down an Illinois law that restricted what the state’s 100 pregnancy resource centers — but not abortion clinics — could tell patients.

Judge orders protesters who block abortion clinics to abide by New York buffer zone

December 12, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

Red Rose Rescue, the small Michigan-based group that has conducted blockades of abortion clinics in Michigan, New York and Virginia since 2017, was ordered Dec. 8 to abide by a new restriction on clinic access covering 13 counties in New York.

Cardinal Gregory discusses pope’s synodal vision, need for a welcoming church

December 7, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Synodality, World News

At The Catholic University of America to discuss the need for a diverse and welcoming church, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory fielded a wide range of audience questions while also reflecting on his own faith journey from childhood.

Movie Review: ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’

December 2, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has a lot she wants to say about her life and art. Interestingly, much of what she wishes to share is not about her music or her recent worldwide concert tour. Rather, it concerns her moral views.

Movie Review: ‘Thanksgiving’

November 21, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

The soul-deadening platter of splatter “Thanksgiving” (Sony) is intended as a comedic homage to exploitation horror films of the past.

Last of 10 defendants over DC abortion clinic blockade found guilty of FACE Act

November 17, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

The last of 10 defendants on trial for a 2020 “lock and block” invasion of a Washington abortion clinic was convicted Nov. 16.

Pro-life protesters gain partial win over major city’s ‘abortion bubble’ restrictions

November 3, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

In a partial legal win for pro-life protesters outside abortion clinics, a federal judge in Minneapolis has allowed a First Amendment challenge to proceed against the city’s 2022 “abortion bubble” ordinance.

Movie Review: ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’

October 18, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

In a world of ultra-raunchy rap and the obscenity-laden lyrics often found even outside that genre, Taylor Swift shows considerable moderation.

Biden administration to expand U.S.-Mexico border wall, a move long opposed by U.S. bishops

October 6, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News

The U.S. government is moving ahead with plans to extend a border wall in South Texas, an action long opposed by the U.S. Catholic bishops.

Lawmakers seek FACE Act repeal, say law weaponizes federal power against pro-lifers

October 3, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

Legislation recently introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and 25 of his fellow House Republicans and a companion bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, in the Senate, seeks the repeal of the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act, calling it an unconstitutional weaponized use of federal power.

Movie Review: ‘Deliver Us’

September 27, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

A blast furnace of blasphemy, “Deliver Us” (Magnet), also is an amalgam of gore and nudity. Co-director (with Cru Ennis) Lee Roy Kunz — who co-wrote the screenplay with Kane Kunz and also takes the film’s leading role — seems intent on giving us religiously themed horror with sexy elements and the power to shock.

Three more pro-life activists convicted on federal charges for blockade at abortion clinic

September 19, 2023
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

Three more pro-life activists, including one famous in the 1980s for her abortion clinic “rescues,” were convicted Sept. 15 on federal felony charges of conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, for a blockade at a Washington abortion clinic in 2020.

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