U.S. basilicas, churches to ring bells at the moment Notre Dame Cathedral reopens December 3, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News As Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris officially reopens Dec. 7-8, bells will ring in churches an ocean away in the United States to celebrate the historic moment.
Notre Dame shines bright as French president visits days before the ‘grande réouverture’ December 2, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News The world was left stunned when the first images of the rebuilt Notre Dame were published and spread with viral speed as President Emmanuel Macron walked through the bright, unrecognizably beautiful Parisian cathedral on Nov. 29, a week ahead of the Dec. 7-8 official reopening.
Seasonal musical feast prepared for Catholics in Archdiocese of Baltimore December 2, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News Musicians and musical directors have prepared a wide array of performances to treat worshipers during the Catholic calendar’s most joyous time of the year.
Why ‘Conclave’ is captivating audiences as the season’s big Indie hit December 2, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Expected to top $30 million in ticket sales by the time it transitions from movie theaters to streaming services, secular reviews are exuberant and Academy Award buzz abounds for Conclave.
‘It was brought back to life’: Americans react to Notre Dame’s scheduled Dec. 8 reopening November 30, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Five years later — owing to the courage of Paris’ firefighters, nearly $1 billion from worldwide donors, and the skills of almost 1,000 artisans — Notre Dame is scheduled to reopen to the public Dec. 7-8.
Parish prayer shawl ministry brings ‘a hug from God’ around the globe November 28, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News A prayer shawl ministry at a Pennsylvania parish is wrapping hundreds around the world in what members call “a hug from God.”
Former Femen activist apologizes for desecrating Notre Dame in 2013 protest against church, pope November 27, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News A decade ago, Marguerite Stern entered Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, screaming and topless, to demonstrate her hatred of the church and the pope. In a gesture of repentance, she has now apologized to Catholics for her actions.
Conference series highlights why the Catholic imagination matters November 26, 2024By Michael Mastromatteo OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Anyone hopeful for a stronger Catholic presence in contemporary arts and letters can only be heartened in the aftermath of the recent Catholic Imagination Conference at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.
Ratzinger Prize winner draws from late pope’s engagement with modernity November 26, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News “We don’t have another theologian, it seems to me, that has been as engaged with modernity as Benedict,” said Cyril O’Regan, a co-winner of the 2024 Ratzinger Prize, often dubbed the “Nobel Prize of Theology.”
Indianapolis museum ‘deeply honored’ its ‘Madonna and Child’ painting chosen for Christmas stamp November 22, 2024By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, World News This year, the USPS selected as the image for this stamp a painting that has been in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in Indianapolis since 1938.
NCYC is part concert, liturgy, classroom, silly fun, but God is at center of it all November 21, 2024By Mike Cisneros OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News, Youth Ministry With the final blessing of the final Mass completed, thousands of young people took one last chance to rush the stage and rock out to a few songs to conclude the 2024 National Catholic Youth Conference in Long Beach.
Martin Scorsese’s new saints docuseries opens with Joan of Arc November 18, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, Saints Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is debuting his latest work on Fox Nation: A new docudrama exploring the lives of the saints.
