TV REVIEW: ‘Chloe’ July 13, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Unappealing and implausible, the series “Chloe” is now streaming on Amazon Prime in six one-hour episodes.
Online exhibit shows links between Knights of Columbus and baseball July 12, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, Sports, World News An online exhibit sponsored by the Knights of Columbus shows some of the many connections between the Catholic fraternal organization and the national pastime.
Pope encourages Catholic-Pentecostal dialogue July 12, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The more Catholics and Pentecostals understand each other and bear witness to Jesus’ call for his disciples to be one, the more effective they can be in sharing the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
Catholic journalists urged to face media, church distrust head-on July 12, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News Catholic journalists face a twofold lack of trust as reporters who cover the church, a Catholic theologian reminded them July 6 at the annual Catholic Media Conference in Portland.
Cross Catholic Outreach is helping feed Ukrainians, providing other aid July 12, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Cross Catholic Outreach has assisted the world’s most vulnerable people with $3.3 billion in total aid in more than 85 countries since its founding in 2001 by Jim Cavnar and a small group of his colleagues.
Women’s Education Alliance hires Sandoval as director of student outcomes July 12, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Women’s Education Alliance, which serves Catholic schools in Baltimore City in underprivileged communities, hired veteran principal Valerie A. Sandoval as its director of student outcomes and program evaluation.
Catholic Review wins 73 awards from professional journalism organizations for 2021 work July 11, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News With 22 awards at the 2022 Catholic Media Conference July 7, the Catholic Review completed the year with 73 awards from three professional organizations – the Catholic Media Association, the Associated Church Press and the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association. The total is the second-highest in at least the last 13 years.
After fires set, pastor encourages people to remember ‘we are the church’ July 11, 2022By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Catholic church in the Washington suburb of Bethesda was one of three houses of worship along the same road to be victimized by vandalism the weekend of July 9-10.
Pope: Young people called to look beyond ‘shortsighted’ ideologies July 11, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Young Europeans must be a sign of unity and inclusion to counter today’s culture that seeks to divide humanity through violence and indifference, Pope Francis said.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns July 11, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview In “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle,” Dr. Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States. We speak with Dr. Williams about what inspired her to write this history and what she learned in her extensive research, which included a look at the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence.
Pope calls for peace in Sri Lanka, Libya, Ukraine July 11, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis called on authorities in Sri Lanka to listen to the cries of their people after months of civil unrest culminated with protesters storming the residences of the country’s president and prime minister.
Following Christ means seeing, helping the suffering, pope says July 11, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians are called to follow the example of the good Samaritan and not just look with compassion at those who suffer, but also draw near to them, Pope Francis said.
