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By Reviewed Allan F. Wright
Henry Libersat, a deacon for the Diocese of Orlando, Fla., offers a timely book on practical ways to speak about Jesus and the church in Catholic and Confident: Simple Steps to Share Your Faith. The beauty of Deacon Libersat’s book lies in its practicality. Catholics are often intimidated by the word evangelization, viewing it as […]
Arts
By David Dicerto Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – Can it be? Has Broadway found religion? According to one recent article, a bumper crop of faith-themed shows, like “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Godspell,” “Book of Mormon” and “Sister Act,” has transformed Broadway into a “highway to heaven.” So why the great awakening on the Great White Way? “I think there is a […]
Local
By Liz O’connor Catholic News Service
LEVITTOWN, Pa. (CNS) – As newly married couples get ready to spend their lives together they soon realize they are not just gaining a spouse but a whole new set of family members. Marriage experts urge couples to get to know the family they are marrying into for clues about their spouse, a sense of […]
Movies
Director Frank Coraci extols the Christian virtue of self-sacrifice through the unlikely yet inspiring tale of an ordinary man who goes to extraordinary lengths to help others. When the penny-pinching principal (Greg Germann) of a failing public high school threatens to eliminate its popular music program – and axe the beloved teacher (Henry Winkler) who […]
Movies
In this fable that draws on both Christian and wiccan imagery, an infertile couple (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton) bury their written hopes for the perfect child in a cardboard box in their backyard. The next morning, a partially vine-covered boy (CJ Adams) precisely matching their description appears, and proceeds to change their lives in […]
Movies
Change is in the air in 1950s Catholic Ireland, and a discontented parish priest (Martin Sheen) struggles to keep his flock – and himself – from spiritual exhaustion in director Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s adaptation of Michael Doorley’s memoir. Ordered by his bishop (Tom Hickey) to build a new church, the pastor lights on a novel scheme […]
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 […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The “pope’s newspaper” is a paper of information and ideas at the service of truth and justice, Pope Benedict XVI said. L’Osservatore Romano, therefore, must continue to put focus on important issues of the day like bioethics and on women’s perspectives, ecumenism and relations with Jews, the pope said. The pope praised […]
National
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – After running afoul of the courts yet again, the Federal Communications Commission is taking another stab at rewriting its regulations on indecent content on over-the-air television and radio. Whether the regulations need to be rewritten, though, is another matter entirely. The FCC has sustained its court losses in trying to fine networks for […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
ROME – The first of Rome’s four major basilicas to receive a visit from Pope Francis after his election March 13 was not the closest one, St. Peter’s, which sits under the “Loggia of the Blessings” from which the new pontiff first appeared to the world. Instead, at 8 the next morning, in a gesture […]
