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Arts
Vibrant, faith-driven blend of comedy, drama and music focused on the sometimes raucous but ultimately friendly rivalry between two leading members (Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton) of a small-town Georgia church choir. As the chorus competes for regional and national recognition, the free-spirited, mildly prodigal grandson (Jeremy Jordan) of Parton’s character falls for the strictly […]
Books
By Reviewed Brian Welter
Two books published in October reflect on Catholic culture from quite different, unique viewpoints. Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti makes the convincing point that priests are happiest when they follow traditional Catholic teachings. In Why Priests Are Happy, he mixes basic sociological information about priests and their lives with his own theological and psychological musings to […]
Local
By Bill and Monica Dodds
“I luh, luh, luh, love you.” As St. Valentine’s Day pops up each year, a lot of married couples remember when they reached that exact point in their relationship. Whispering those three small words for the first time was no small feat. Especially if you were the first to say them and there was a […]
Books
By Reviewed Daniel S. Mulhall catholic News Service
“The Pope & the CEO: John Paul II’s Leadership Lessons to a Young Swiss Guard” by Andreas Widmer. Emmaus Road Publishing (Steubenville, Ohio, 2011). 155 pp. The story is an unusual one. A young man leaves his home in a small village in Switzerland and becomes a member of the elite Swiss Guard that protects […]
Movies
Campus musical in which a college student (Anna Kendrick) joins an all-female a cappella group that’s on track to compete in an annual competition. Along the way to the singing showdown, she clashes with the ensemble’s traditionally minded leader (Anna Camp) and finds romance with a fellow music lover (Skylar Astin), despite his membership in […]
Movies
A potentially salient critique of the nation’s political process gets buried under a landslide of vulgarity and sex jokes in this comedy from director Jay Roach. With the career of a longtime North Carolina congressman (Will Ferrell) endangered after he misdirects an obscene phone call intended for his mistress, the two wealthy brothers who were […]
Movies
With an asteroid on course to obliterate all life on Earth within a few weeks, a soft-spoken conformist (Steve Carell) and his free-spirited, British-born neighbor (Keira Knightley) set off on a road trip. He wants to reconnect with his high-school sweetheart, while she hopes to find transport back to England (all airline flights have been […]
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 […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – School-choice initiatives – akin to the quiet students in the back of a classroom – have kept a relatively low profile in recent years while steadily working their way to the front. The movement was given a big boost in late March when the Indiana Supreme Court upheld one of the country’s most […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – One U.S. Catholic bishop hailed the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland as “a courageous step toward a culture of life.” The comment, by Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, was issued May 2, the day Maryland Gov. Martin […]
