One way to grab moviegoers’ attention is to threaten those on screen with doomsday. It’s a tactic director Roland Emmerich has resorted to repeatedly and to which he returns with “Moonfall,” a sullen science-fiction fantasy.
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St. Frances mourns death of football player Lamar Patterson
For the second time in 10 months, the St. Frances Academy community is mourning the death of a player from its nationally renowned football team.
Lithuanian archbishop backs ‘hard line of deterrence’ against Russia
The president of the Lithuanian bishops’ conference warned that his country and its neighbors could be targeted if Russian President Vladimir Putin imposes his will on Ukraine.
Former Catholic college teammates stick together in NFL
Las Vegas Raiders coaches Josh McDaniels and David Ziegler are the only current NFL head coach-general manager combination who were teammates in college and graduates of the same school — John Carroll University near Cleveland.
Biden urges a return to political civility in remarks at prayer breakfast
President Joe Biden, addressing the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 3, called for a return to the political civility he said he’d known as a freshman U.S. senator from Delaware.
Construction boom: Major school capital projects underway in archdiocese
Several schools throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore have completed or are working on major construction projects for the 2021-22 school year.
Be moved by Spirit, not ‘mechanical repetition,’ pope tells religious
The Holy Spirit, and not the need for recognition, must be the primary motivation in one’s religious life, Pope Francis told consecrated men and women.
Xavier University of Louisiana receives bomb threats Feb. 1
Xavier University of Louisiana was among a group of several historically Black colleges and universities in the United States that received bomb threats.
Mother Lange cause for canonization seeks prayers
Mother Mary Lange not only founded the Oblate Sisters in Baltimore, the first religious order in the U.S. for women of color, but also established the first Catholic school for children of color.
Pope talks about devotion to saints, prays for man who interrupted prayer
Pope Francis recited a prayer he said he has recited every day for more than 40 years. But while he was reading it, a man in the back of the audience hall began shouting, including about wearing masks. Vatican police escorted him out of the building.
TV Review: ‘Riveted: The History of Jeans’
The filmmakers behind the illuminating documentary “Riveted: The History of Jeans” want viewers to avoid taking that celebrated form of apparel for granted.
Australian Mercy sister who got gold records for Our Father recording dies
Mercy Sister Janet Mead, who earned gold records for her 1974 hit version of the Our Father, died Jan. 26 in her native Adelaide. She was 84 and had been battling cancer.