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By George Weigel
President Obama’s re-election and the prospect of a second Obama administration, freed from the constraints imposed by the necessity of running for re-election, have created a crisis for the Catholic Church in the United States. In the thought-world and vocabulary of the Bible, “crisis” has two meanings – the conventional sense (a grave threat) and […]
Movies
The lavish conclusion to director and co-writer Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy will not disappoint dedicated Batman fans. But casual viewers may find its 164-minute running time bloated and unwieldy. Set eight years after the events of 2008’s “The Dark Knight”, the latest adventure finds billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) injured, exiled and grief […]
Movies
Blood-soaked action sequel in which a band of heavily armed mercenaries (most prominently Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham) tangles with a host of Russian gangsters (led by Jean-Claude Van Damme) over a trove of Soviet-era nukes. Ageing action stars (including Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger) are thick on the ground in […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – With meetings at the White House and testimony before Congress, Archbishop William E. Lori, who will be installed May 16 as the next archbishop of Baltimore, has been one of the most visible faces of the U.S. Catholic Church in recent weeks. As chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious […]
Movies
Director Wong Kar Wai, who also wrote the screenplay, melds romance and martial-arts fighting into this lush and lyrical re-creation of a neglected era of recent Chinese history. After the 1930s-era grandmaster (Tony Leung) of the southern style of kung fu — Bruce Lee’s future teacher — defeats the leading proponent (Wang Qingxiang) of the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Depending on what commentary one reads, recent leaks of internal Vatican memos and private letters to Pope Benedict XVI are the work either of praiseworthy whistle-blowers or criminal moles. Gianluigi Nuzzi, the Italian journalist who published a book based on dozens of private Vatican documents, said his main source was part of […]
Movies
By John Mulderig
NEW YORK – Though presumably targeted – at least in part – at teens, the dystopian adventure “The Hunger Games” (Lionsgate) involves enough problematic content to give parents pause. Responsible oldsters will want to weigh the matter carefully before giving permission for clamoring kids to attend. At first glance, the depressing futuristic premise of the […]
Local
By Marylynn G. Hewitt Catholic News Service
DETROIT (CNS) – Every year dioceses across the country honor couples who have been married 25 or 50 years or more with special Masses. And inevitably, reporters from diocesan newspapers often ask these couples to share the secrets of what makes a marriage work. At the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – The line between free speech and hate speech is a thin one, and not always as straight as one would like it to be. There is no free-speech protection for the person who yells “fire” in a crowded theater, but the issue gets complicated when religion is thrown into the mix. A case […]
Movies
Literate but sterile drama in which a beleaguered, alcoholic World War II veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes a drifter after being demobilized, then crosses paths with a charismatic cult leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman). He becomes a favored follower of the would-be prophet, but his inner demons keep their relationship tumultuous. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson embellishes his […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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