Movie Review: ‘Knock at the Cabin’ February 2, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews It may be the end of the world as we know it in “Knock at the Cabin.” But, unlike R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, no one in this offbeat but effective thriller feels fine.
‘The future is in your hands,’ pope tells Congolese young people February 2, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The hands that will save Congo and build a future worthy of its people belong to the Congolese people, to each one of them, but especially the young, Pope Francis said.
Prioritize federal funds for families to embrace life, not abortion, says U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair February 2, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act is “a modest but important step” to make the long-standing policy of preventing federal taxpayer funding of elective abortions permanent and government-wide, said the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee chairman.
After Biden comments, U.S. bishops say they have ‘united position’ on abortion February 2, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops affirmed its “united position” in opposition to taxpayer funding for abortion procedures, invoking the teaching of Pope Francis, following recent remarks by President Joe Biden.
Let good prevail February 2, 2023By Father Joseph Breighner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Fortunately the United States and its allies continue to provide weapons, food and logistical support to the people of Ukraine. Our prayer is that good will prevail over the evil of Putin.
Tuition at Catholic high schools in Baltimore archdiocese significantly lower than other area private schools February 2, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore continue to be significantly more affordable than their non-Catholic private school counterparts, according to an annual tuition survey conducted by the Catholic Review.
Victims of violence in Congo share their grief with pope February 1, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Victims of violence in eastern Congo told Pope Francis horrifying stories of watching their families be slaughtered or of being kidnapped or raped repeatedly by militia members.
Video game review: ‘Forspoken’ February 1, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Contemporary reality clashes with high fantasy in the action-adventure “Forspoken.”
Priest who offered up cancer for clerical abuse victims says he was healed at Lourdes February 1, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Health Care, News, World News A priest who offered up his suffering from cancer for the sake of clerical abuse victims said he has experienced a miraculous healing following a June 2022 pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Lourdes, France.
Washington Auxiliary Bishop Dorsonville appointed to head diocese in Louisiana February 1, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington to head the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Living my Lenten discipline through the lessons of Black History Month February 1, 2023By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Racial Justice King’s long-ago observation rang true: The 11 o’clock hour on Sunday is the most segregated in America.
Pope, in Congo, calls for an ‘amnesty of the heart’ to build peace February 1, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In a country where most people are Christian and all are suffering from decades of violence and atrocities, Pope Francis told the Congolese to lay down their weapons and their rancor.
