Fifty years later, N.Y. priest still draws on Vietnam combat experience to minister to others May 26, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Fifty years after the U.S. withdrew its troops from Vietnam, a New York priest says his combat experience there continues to shape his pastoral ministry.
Will AI serve or replace Hollywood’s human writers on strike for better wages? May 17, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Among the 11,500 members’ demands to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, is that any forthcoming contract agreement should “regulate use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: C.S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia May 15, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Joining Catholic Review Radio to talk about the significance of C.S. Lewis’ imaginative world and the spiritual benefit Lewis’ stories have on children and adults alike is Leonard DeLorenzo, editor of “Chronicles of Transformation: A Spiritual Journey with C.S. Lewis.”
‘Women’s Cry,’ a photo exhibit, opens in St. Peter’s Square May 6, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Nestled in the arms of Bernini’s colonnade around St. Peter’s Square, 26 photos of women and girls make up an art exhibit meant to open people’s eyes and hearts to the suffering and resilience of women.
Despite disability, young man directs film — in Lourdes, France May 4, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews The young Polish student directed a documentary on other disabled people traveling to Lourdes for an annual May pilgrimage with the Order of Malta.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Resurrecting spiritual classics May 1, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview The Catholic Review talks with Father Robert Nixon about how he goes about translating spiritual classics and we take a closer look at one of his recently completed translations, a book by Thomas A Kempis called “Meditations on Death: Preparing for Eternity.”
Over the pope’s shoulder: An ‘explosion’ of spirituality in bronze April 30, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Through five pontificates, popes have instructed the faithful at their weekly general audiences, condemned war, called for peace and even celebrated birthdays in the Vatican audience hall under the gaze of a giant bronze sculpture of Jesus.
Vatican revives centuries’ old school for young artisans April 24, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The school offers three specialized programs: woodworking; masonry and decorative and ornamental plastering; and stonework and carving.
Two potential Black Catholic saints inspire audiences through theatrical productions April 22, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Father Augustus Tolton (1854-1897) and Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990) both endured and triumphed against the sin of racism in their own eras and in the Catholic Church, offering future generations of every race a timeless legacy of what it means to live in the freedom of following Jesus Christ.
Late young Catholic artist’s evangelizing mission seen in newly dedicated college chapel overlooking Shenandoah Valley April 18, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Christ the King Chapel is a living testament to the sublime aesthetics of traditional ecclesial art — 114 stained-glass windows and a dozen pealing bells, intricate stone and woodwork, sophisticated masonry and painting and a gloriously thunderous 2,850 pipe organ.
Notre Dame cathedral was on fire four years ago; here is what’s happening now April 17, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Notre Dame Cathedral will get its spire back by the end of 2023, more than four years after it was devastated by a fire.
Junk into Funk: NDP students design eco-friendly fashion April 4, 2023By Todd Karpovich Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Schools NDP’s annual “Claire Wagonhurst Project Greenway” for the all-girls high school, complete with spotlights and a runway, provided students with the opportunity to explore “haute couture” in a creative, artistic and environmentally friendly way.
