‘Closing of the American heart’? Record number of US 40-year-olds never married July 28, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News A recent analysis shows 25 percent of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married — a record high — and may indicate “the closing of the American heart,” according to W. Bradford Wilcox, a sociologist at the University of Virginia and director of the National Marriage Project.
Global synod faces challenge of getting pastoral care to divorced Catholics in parishes July 28, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News The forthcoming 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops — otherwise known as the Synod on Synodality, which Pope Francis convenes in Rome this October — will examine ways to accompany divorced and remarried Catholics.
Movie Review: ‘Haunted Mansion’ July 28, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Those who enter “Haunted Mansion” (Disney) in search of laughs will likely come away from it more satisfied than those who go in seeking eerie chills.
Pope prays for WYD: The church is not a ‘club’ for the elderly July 28, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 The Catholic Church is not a “club” for the elderly; it needs the participation of young people to keep it alive and ensure it does not “grow old,” Pope Francis said.
Suit filed against Vermont over new mandates for pregnancy resource centers July 27, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In a federal suit, the public interest firm Alliance Defending Freedom is suing the state of Vermont over a law, signed in May, that restricts advertising by the centers, considered an alternative to abortion clinics, and prohibits non-licensed health care professionals from working there.
Analysis: Going Forth and writing the vision of the 13th National Black Catholic Congress July 27, 2023By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, National Black Congress, Racial Justice The 3,000-strong congress attendees were jubilant during Mass as they sang along with the 90-member choir belting out “We’ve come this far by faith!”
Sinéad O’Connor, iconic Irish singer and victim of child abuse, dies at 56 July 27, 2023By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Obituaries, World News The July 26 death of acclaimed Irish singer and songwriter Sinéad O’Connor, who was 56, has seen an outpouring of tributes from all walks of Irish life.
DeSantis defends Florida’s curriculum on slavery; draws Black, Catholic criticism July 27, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican seeking his party’s presidential nomination in 2024, faced criticism after defending a controversial portion of Florida’s 2023 Social Studies curriculum suggesting “slaves developed skills” that could be used for their “personal benefit.”
Federal judge blocks Biden asylum ban criticized by US bishops, migrant advocates July 27, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic immigration groups and the U.S. bishops have objected to the asylum ban, arguing it violates existing U.S. immigration law, and exposes those who may otherwise be eligible for asylum to additional danger.
A Little Birthday Reflection July 27, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized Yesterday was my birthday. It wasn’t a special milestone, but every birthday feels significant to me. And every birthday offers a chance to pause and reflect on who I am, why I’m here, and how blessed I am.
Former Mercy chaplain dies at 77 July 26, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Jesuit Father James F. Joyce, a former chaplain at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore from 2012 to 2016, will be offered July 27 at Fordham University Church in New York.
Movie Review: ‘Barbie’ July 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Life in plastic may be fantastic but the tedious ideology-driven comedy “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) is not. Although genuinely objectionable elements are relatively few, moreover, this is distinctly not a movie for the age group to which the figurine of the title is primarily marketed.
