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Directed and co-written by Oliver Stone from the 2010 novel by Don Winslow, this vicious, blood-soaked saga of drug lords glorifies primal urges, vulgarity and man’s inhumanity toward man. Two friends (Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch) and their shared lover (Blake Lively) run a successful business growing the best marijuana in North America. When a […]
Movies
The latest take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, directed by newcomer Rupert Sanders, is a classic good-vs.-evil fable with splashes of gothic horror and extreme violence, but some welcome religious imagery. Snow White (Kristen Stewart), the “Fairest One of All,” is imprisoned by her stepmother, the wicked queen (Charlize Theron). The princess escapes, joins […]
National
By Karen Mahoney
MILWAUKEE – All smiles, Susan Kaeppeler, fourth-grade teacher at Kenosha’s St. Joseph Academy’s lower campus, was greeted with the red-carpet treatment when she arrived to class Jan. 16 after a whirlwind weekend where she saw her oldest daughter, Laura, crowned Miss America. The 23-year-old brunette, a Kenosha native, won the Miss America title at Planet […]
Schools
By Catholic News Service
LOS ANGELES – Joseph Hellige has been named executive vice president and provost of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. For the past two years, he served as senior vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer. In 2007, he came to the university as vice president for research and dean of graduate studies. […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Worker advocates have turned to a new tool to educate low-wage employees about wage theft. Welcome the comic book. The first issue of Wage Theft: Crime & Justice, published by Chicago-based Interfaith Worker Justice, may not be coveted by comic book collectors, but clients at worker centers around the country are poring over […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Without getting into specifics, a panel of bishops said April 22 that a comprehensive immigration bill introduced the week before is on the right track, though they alluded to some aspects they would like changed. In a teleconference about the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, or S. 744, […]
National
By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – A Catholic Korean War chaplain who selflessly pulled wounded men from enemy fire and helped his fellow prisoners of war keep a sense of hope was honored posthumously with the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor, in an April 11 White House ceremony. In paying tribute to Father Emil J. Kapaun, an […]
National
By Catholic News Service
GREENSBURG, Pa. – Seton Hill University in a statement said the school community is “deeply saddened by the tragic bus accident” the morning of March 16 that took the life of the head coach of the women’s lacrosse team and her unborn child, and also killed the driver and injured 13 players. The bus was […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Three faith-based organizations working to reform the country’s immigration laws are set to receive $800,000 from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. The grants to the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the PICO National Network will bolster campaigns to […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Ambrogio Piazzoni, vice prefect of the Vatican Library and author of the book, “History of Papal Elections,” shared facts and curiosities with journalists at the Vatican Feb. 20: – Electing a pope is the main and most serious responsibility of members of the College of Cardinals. In the last several hundred years, […]
