Movie Review: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ June 11, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews A decade and a half after its popular animated namesake was released comes the live-action remake “How to Train Your Dragon.” While the basic story and some of the personnel remain the same, the new arrival, although appropriate for a wide audience, falls short of the heights to which its predecessor soared.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon June 11, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
OLPH’s fourth eucharistic procession, set for June 21, ‘speaks to the heart’ June 11, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City will host its fourth annual Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession June 21. The event begins with Saturday’s 4:30 p.m. vigil Mass and the procession begins at approximately 5:30 p.m. after the end of holy Communion.
Bishops urge lawmakers to protect Medicaid as Senate considers Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ June 11, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News As the Senate began its consideration of a sweeping package for President Donald Trump’s agenda, the U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders urged lawmakers not to cut programs such as Medicaid or SNAP.
Parishes will pay $80 million in Buffalo Diocese’s $150 million bankruptcy settlement June 10, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., are set to pay a total of $80 million into the diocese’s $150 million bankruptcy settlement, with the funds due to be paid into a trust by July 15.
Papal diplomats must always defend poor, religious freedom, pope says June 10, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News Every papal diplomat around the world must let people know that the Catholic Church is always on the side of the marginalized and is ready to face everything “out of love,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Franciscan Sister Francis Anita Rizzo, who served in Baltimore for 18 years, dies at 95 June 10, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered June 12 in Aston, Pa., for Sister Francis Anita Rizzo, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 75 years. Sister Francis Anita, who ministered in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for more than 18 years, died at Assisi House June 10. She was 95.
‘No tengan miedo de hacer lo que El Señor quiere para nosotros’ June 10, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español, Protagonistas de Fe En este último episodio de la temporada de Protagonistas de Fe, Thalía Romero, una joven cantautora laica de la Arquidiócesis de Galveston-Houston nos comparte su trayectoria en la vida de servicio a la Iglesia y como ella ha puesto los dones y talentos que El Señor le ha dado al servicio del pueblo de Dios.
On a day of ‘national tragedy,’ Austria mourns 9 victims of high school shooting June 10, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News After one of the worst rampages in Austria’s history, the picturesque European country has been “shattered,” with bishops offering prayers and support to victims’ families.
Hundreds gather at Rebuilt Conference 2025 to ‘imagine what’s possible’ in parish ministry June 10, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Rebuilt Conference 2025, with the theme “Can You Imagine,” asked the priests, parish leaders and volunteers present from all around the country and beyond, to imagine their congregations thriving with active parishioners and sufficient funding.
Fathers of the Church: The Greek (or Eastern) Fathers June 10, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The Catholic Church has long honored early Christian leaders, theologians and teachers from the East (Greek) and West (Latin) as Fathers of the Church. Unlike doctors of the church, there is no official list of Church Fathers.
In move called a ‘dark day’ for residents, N.Y. Senate passes assisted suicide law June 10, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The New York Senate has voted to legalize medically assisted suicide, a move that one Catholic bioethicist told OSV News marked “a dark day” for the state’s residents, and the act will now head to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.
