Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 22, 2024By 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.
Question Corner: Can voting for a politician in a particular political party be sinful? May 22, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary, Question Corner Catholics are called to vote according to their well-formed conscience so as to support the dignity of human life in all areas.
New clergy arrests, information blackout spark consternation in Belarus May 21, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Leaders of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate have deplored an information blackout surrounding the arrest of two of their priests in Belarus.
Catholic women, citing church teaching, push back at Butker graduation speech May 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Sports, World News Several Catholic professional women, as well as an order of women religious, have challenged a controversial graduation speech by NFL player Harrison Butker, during which the Kansas City Chiefs placekicker and devout Catholic opined on (among other topics) the role of women in society, and the church’s teaching on natural family planning.
Pope Francis’ CBS interview addresses women deacons, war, migrants, climate change and hope May 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The pope shared his thoughts during a wide-ranging interview with CBS news anchor Norah O’Donnell, his first sit-down interview with a U.S. broadcast network.
Pope names auxiliary bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis as coadjutor of Camden, N.J. May 21, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Williams of St. Paul and Minneapolis as coadjutor bishop of Camden, N.J., which is currently headed by Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan.
Synodality must become ‘paradigm’ for dioceses, pope tells bishops May 21, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church’s synodal path, the church-wide listening and dialogue process currently approaching its second assembly in October, must become a model for all Catholic dioceses and parishes, Pope Francis said.
Gaza parish community example of ‘steadfast faith,’ cardinal says May 21, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, described the small resilient community of the Holy Family Parish compound in Gaza City as one with “steadfast faith,” amid horrific destruction and constant bombardment following his return from a four-day pastoral visit during Pentecost.
Eucharistic procession through streets of nation’s capital draws hundreds of faithful May 21, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News Passersby halted and cars slowed to a crawl as they took in the scene the morning of May 18: Hundreds of Catholics processed through the streets of Washington, following a priest carrying a consecrated host — Christ’s body, blood, soul and divinity present under the appearance of bread — beneath a canopy.
Catholic aid group weighs in on House, Senate committees’ dueling farm bills May 21, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News Lawmakers on the House and Senate agriculture committees released differing frameworks for the 2024 farm bill, with one version praised by a Catholic aid group.
Harrison Butker and JPII on the dignity and vocation of women May 21, 2024By Emily Zanotti OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Commentary While traditionalists, conservatives and often Catholics, may be tempted to dismiss “feminism” out of hand, Pope John Paul II reminds us that women are in fact equal in dignity and called to all sorts of vocations and involvement.
Invoking John Paul the Great May 21, 2024By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference Last month’s anniversary Mass was something of a grand recapitulation of the John Paul II years.
