Speakers say Equality Act ‘overly broad,’ will harm religious liberty March 26, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Congress, World News A March 22 online webinar on the Equality Act focused on criticism that the legislation is so vaguely worded it would harm religious liberty and obscure biological reality.
Movie Review: ‘The Father’ March 18, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News “The Father” has nothing new to say about the challenges of dementia.
Top Knight says group is ‘force for good,’ bolsters men’s faith, families March 15, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Patrick Kelly’s formal installation as the 14th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus is still off in the indefinite future because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he officially began his new job March 1 at the Knights’ headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut.
March is small, but group’s ‘message of solidarity’ with unborn strong as ever January 29, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News It was the coldest national March for Life in some years, it was the smallest, and it also may be remembered as the bravest.
Pandemic, Capitol violence change March for Life plans but not its commitment January 19, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A symbol of continuity for the nation’s largest pro-life event, which will be entirely virtual for the first time, matters.
Movie Review: ‘Pinocchio’ January 14, 2021By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News It’s no lie to say that this “Pinocchio” is scrupulously faithful to the grotesqueries of its source material.
Movie Review: ‘Fishbowl’ October 29, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News Logical flaws make this drama’s plot difficult to embrace, or even comprehend. Some dialogue expressing the inner lives of the characters would have been a great help.
EWTN News/RealClear poll shows more ‘likely Catholic voters’ behind Biden October 21, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News Less than two weeks before the presidential election, a new poll indicated President Donald Trump has lost the so-called “Catholic vote” and that his nomination of a Catholic to the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, did nothing to change that equation.
Movie Review: ‘Yellow Rose’ October 15, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Paragas has constructed a kind and ethical world, sanding away the unpleasant realities of political contention, overt racism and the threat of sexual predation.
Movie Review: ‘Infidel’ September 24, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News In dealing with religious conflict in Iran, it stereotypes Muslims as having beaky noses, scowling constantly and being prone to wishing, and committing, violence on those who disrespect Islam.
Trump says he will sign order to ensure babies born alive receive care September 23, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump said Sept. 23 he would sign an executive order to “ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances, receive the medical care that they deserve.”
Democratic Party urged to be ‘big tent’ and welcome its pro-life members August 19, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Alison Centofante, director of external affairs at Live Action, observed: “Abortion’s not a partisan issue,” but rather is based on what science has learned about fetal development in the womb.
