Movie Review: ‘Voyagers’ April 28, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The tedious sci-fi parable “Voyagers” (Lionsgate) seems designed to prove that in space, no one can hear you yawn.
Church called to lead the difficult work of overcoming structural racism April 28, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News As the guilty verdicts were read April 20 in the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd, Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, “could hear the rumble of a collective exhalation” across the New Orleans campus.
Wisconsin opens investigation of sexual abuse in the state’s five dioceses April 28, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The Wisconsin Department of Justice is opening a statewide investigation of abuse by clergy and faith leaders within the state’s five dioceses.
Theologian: Polish cardinal’s beatification reminder of tests of communism April 28, 2021By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, scheduled to be beatified Sept. 12, was ready to seek agreements in a Christian spirit, but also firmly believed “certain boundaries could not be crossed,” said a leading theologian and political scientist.
Nuncio tells besieged Mexican town: The church is with you April 27, 2021By David Agren Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the church’s commitment to serving populations suffering violence.
‘Patients are … dying in front of my eyes,’ says India hospital director April 26, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Catholic hospital directors in India told Catholic News Service they did not have enough facilities to treat patients as India set records for the number of COVID-19 deaths — numbers many people believe were underreported.
‘The Way Back,’ ‘Pray,’ Dolly Parton special win Christopher Awards April 26, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The feature film “The Way Back,” a documentary on Father Patrick Peyton, and a Christmas special featuring Dolly Parton were among this year’s Christopher Award winners.
Pray, be poor, be close to the people, pope tells new priests April 26, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, Vocations, World News The priesthood “is not a career, it is a service,” Pope Francis told nine men just before ordaining them to the priesthood for the Diocese of Rome.
Gunmen in South Sudan wound bishop-designate weeks before his installation April 26, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Unidentified gunmen broke into the home of the bishop-designate of Rumbek, South Sudan, shot him in both legs and fled, according to church news reports.
Pope celebrates name day at Vatican vaccination clinic April 23, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis was serenaded by hundreds of Rome’s most vulnerable residents and the people who assist them.
People must care for creation or face self-destruction, pope says April 22, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News When it comes to safeguarding creation, there is no time to waste — humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.
Movie Review: ‘Francesco’ April 21, 2021By Sister Hosea Rupprecht Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Award-winning documentarian Evgeny Afineevsky issues a call for action with his film “Francesco.”
