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A special one-time national collection will be taken at U.S. parishes at Masses on Mother's Day, May 14, to support the mosaic ornamentation of the Trinity Dome, the "crowning jewel" of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

The Marymount 5K is part of the university’s annual Remembrance Day, which began in 2006 when several classmates of Tara Howard gathered for a service project in her memory. Howard, known for her work with the homeless, the elderly and abused women, died in a car accident her freshman year. The day includes reflections for […]
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee and other prominent pro-life leaders cheered the U.S. State Department’s April 3 announcement that it would no longer contribute to the U.N. Population Fund because of the agency’s involvement in China’s Population and Family Planning Law, long known as the “one-child policy.” “This is a […]
PHILADELPHIA — A New Jersey man pleaded guilty April 3 of plotting an attack on Pope Francis during the pontiff’s visit to Philadelphia in 2015 during the World Meeting of Families. Santos Colon Jr., 17, of Lindenwold in Camden County, pleaded guilty in a New Jersey federal court to one count of attempting to provide […]

Amusing but flimsy animated take on the trauma of acquiring a younger sibling. A contented 7-year-old boy (voice of Miles Bakshi) not only finds his world disrupted by the arrival of a baby brother (voice of Alec Baldwin), he also discovers that the business suit clad newcomer has an adult personality and a corporate agenda to pursue.

This well-intentioned sports drama — based very loosely on the life of slam-dunk champion Kenny Dobbs — occasionally comes to tepid life on basketball courts. But a weak script, together with production values indicative of a low budget, keep it hobbled as a story of redemption and Christian faith. Chris Staples (a former Harlem Globetrotter in real life) plays a onetime college star who has to rebuild his life after serving a six-year prison term for armed robbery, during which he embraces evangelical Christianity.

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