Movie Review: Arthur the King March 14, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The feel-good elements of a sports movie and a pet bonding tale are mingled in director Simon Cellan Jones’ fact-based drama “Arthur the King” (Lionsgate).
Experts: Pope’s push for synodality key to putting church’s ‘best ideas’ in play March 14, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Synodality is a key theme of Pope Francis’ pontificate and its importance to the church’s mission can be seen in the American church’s response to policy issues including migration, said experts in a Georgetown University panel discussion marking the pontiff’s 11th anniversary.
Mercy High alumna Erin Moran nurtures future generations March 14, 2024By Emily Rosenthal Alster Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools From the halls of Mercy High School to executive teams in New York City, Erin Moran has proven herself a leader.
Documentary covers FBI file kept on Archbishop Sheen March 14, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Saints Nearly 75 years after he stopped teaching at The Catholic University of America in Washington, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) can still fill a campus auditorium.
People touched by adoption look to St. Joseph in national novena March 14, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Saints, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is offering a March 10-18 novena to the foster father of Jesus, ahead of the saint’s March 19 feast day.
Marchers at Maryland March for Life call for defeat of constitutional amendment March 13, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life Many of the pro-life supporters who attended the 45th annual Maryland March for Life in Annapolis March 11 know they are in for a difficult fight come November.
Three Coptic Orthodox monks murdered in their monastery in South Africa March 13, 2024By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Three Egyptian Coptic monks of the Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of South Africa were murdered March 12 in their monastery in Cullinan, a small town in Gauteng province, about 18 miles east of the capital, Pretoria.
Judge upholds program allowing some migrants to enter U.S. on humanitarian grounds March 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge March 8 dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states, allowing the Biden administration to continue operating a program permitting some migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
Ukrainian human rights advocate calls for synod on just defense March 13, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The Catholic Church should hold a Synod of Bishops devoted exclusively to defining just war, just defense and just peace, said the president of the Institute of Religion and Society at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.
Egyptian Catholic clergy say interreligious ties are being derailed by ‘Fiducia’ March 13, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Catholic clergy from Egypt have warned that ties with Orthodox and Islamic leaders are being derailed by a Vatican decision to allow the blessing of same-sex couples, after the country’s influential Coptic Orthodox Church suspended dialogue over the issue.
Saints are not ‘exceptions,’ but examples of humanity’s virtue, pope says March 13, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The saints are not unreachable “exceptions of humanity” but ordinary people who worked diligently to grow in virtue, Pope Francis said.
Texas judge blocks Paxton’s Annunciation House subpoena over due process concerns March 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A state judge March 11 temporarily blocked the Texas attorney general’s demands for the records of Annunciation House, citing concerns the state had a “predetermined” motive to shut down the Catholic nonprofit serving migrants.
