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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.

With Roe overturned, march will focus on Congress, laws to end abortion

October 13, 2022
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

The national March for Life in Washington will continue even with the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, its 1973 ruling that found a right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution and legalized it nationwide.

Annual conference puts emphasis on values, ways to renew Catholic education

July 15, 2022
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News

About 350 attended the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education’s annual conference July 11-14 at The Catholic University of America in Washington. Participants represented 88 schools and organizations and 45 dioceses. Sullivan called the mood “incredibly hopeful and joyful.”

Former assistant fire chief aims to create ‘sense of hope’ in 9/11 memoir

July 15, 2022
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News

Joseph W. Pfeifer’s book, “Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11” (Penguin Random House), published last year, won a Christopher Award in June. The awards, first presented in 1949 by the Christophers organization, founded in 1945 by Maryknoll Father James Keller, are presented annually for works that embody “the highest values of humanity.”

Young adult Catholics discuss need to promote climate change efforts

April 29, 2022
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News

Catholic leadership should not neglect climate change in favor of social issues including abortion, a Georgetown University panel concluded April 27 in an online discussion about how to apply Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”

Knights’ councils in Ukraine, Poland help those fleeing Russian assault

March 9, 2022
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, War in Ukraine, World News

The Knights of Columbus established a small presence in both Ukraine and Poland a few years ago, but now Knights councils in both countries have sprung into coordinated action with help for refugees since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began Feb. 24.

Biden urges a return to political civility in remarks at prayer breakfast

February 3, 2022
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

President Joe Biden, addressing the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 3, called for a return to the political civility he said he’d known as a freshman U.S. senator from Delaware.

Annual March for Life still on this year in Washington

January 7, 2022
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, World News

The 49th annual national March for Life — with a rally on the National Mall and march to the Supreme Court Jan. 21 — will go on as scheduled this year amid a surge in the omicron variant in the nation’s capital.

Movie Review: ‘American Underdog’

December 23, 2021
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Cheerful as a dance floor boot scoot and livelier than a touchdown drive, the sports-themed, faith-tinged biopic “American Underdog” (Lionsgate) goes light on matters of religion, focusing instead on the steep challenge of building a career in the NFL.

Movie Review: ‘Being the Ricardos’

December 9, 2021
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

The set of “I Love Lucy” was a toxic workplace. At least, that’s how it’s portrayed in writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s biographical drama “Being the Ricardos” (Amazon).

Climate, migration among issues Catholics hope Biden, pope will discuss

October 28, 2021
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s Oct. 29 meeting with Pope Francis, panelists in a webinar offered mostly praise for Biden’s sincerity and what they said is his commitment to his Catholic faith.

Kidnapping in Haiti prompts worries about other church workers’ safety

October 21, 2021
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

As Christian missionaries and family members, some as young as 8 months old, were still being held for ransom in Haiti by a gang notorious for group kidnappings, other charities and religious groups examined how they can remain safe while delivering humanitarian aid.

National Catholic Prayer Breakfast speakers emphasize evangelism, unity

September 15, 2021
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

Evangelism and Christian unity were the main topics at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Sept. 14, an event which often puts more emphasis on politics and pro-life advocacy.

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