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Grueling horror exercise in which a quartet of young Americans abroad (Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Jesse McCartney and Olivia Taylor Dudley) get more than they bargained for when they hire an extreme-tourism travel guide (Dimitri Diatchenko) to take them to a Ukrainian city that had to be instantly evacuated in the wake of the 1986 […]
National
By Michelle Martin Catholic News Service
CHICAGO – For generations to come, it will seem an odd place for a shrine: tucked in the shadow of a high-rise condo building in an affluent area of Chicago’s Lincoln Park. But the National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, scheduled to reopen Sept. 30, marks the spot where Mother Cabrini, the first American […]
Movies
This endearing wildlife documentary, set in the Ivory Coast’s lush Tai Forest, follows the fortunes of a young chimp named Oscar as he, his devoted mother and the entire extended clan with whom they live become caught up in a turf war with a rival band of simians. Though co-directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield’s […]
Global
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – The church has turned to religious orders for popes at various times over the centuries, often when in need of a reformer, and such may have been the cardinals’ thinking again when they elected Pope Francis. He is the world’s first Jesuit pope, and the cardinal electors knew that the Jesuits are […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Light and darkness, truth and lies, hope and despair are in a constant battle in the world, but with his death and resurrection Jesus conquered sin and death for all time, Pope Benedict XVI said on Easter. “If Jesus is risen, then – and only then – has something truly new happened, […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Gossiping about someone is a “dark joy” that Christians must resist because it is a betrayal like Judas’ betrayal of Jesus, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass at 7 a.m. in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the pope offered a brief homily on the Gospel, which included Jesus’ prediction that Judas would betray him. […]
National
By Steve Wideman
GREEN BAY, Wis. – For church groups, Green Bay Packers home games at Lambeau Field always mean additional income for worthy causes, such as seminary training, Catholic schools, parish budgets, and the homeless and hungry. Several groups looked forward to the same opportunity to earn extra revenue at the Jan. 15 National Football League playoff […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The number of Catholics in the world and the number of bishops, priests, religious men and seminarians all increased in 2011, while the number of women in religious orders continued to decline, according to Vatican statistics. The number of permanent deacons is showing “strong expansion” globally, but especially in Europe and the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Every year, the Vatican conducts research on church law and practice, offers scholarships to Orthodox and Muslim students, designs academic programs for church workers and maintains vast libraries and archives consulted by scholars from around the world. Jesuit Father Norman Tanner, dean of church history at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, said no […]
National
By John P. Mccarthy Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – In “Porta Fidei” (“The Door of Faith”), an apostolic letter announcing the current Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI urges us to study the history of Catholicism, which he describes as “marked by the unfathomable mystery of the interweaving of holiness and sin.” This striking observation also can apply to the medium […]
