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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON — Most people have a favorite television show. For Claudia McAdam, it’s the independently funded series “The Chosen,” which depicts the Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus. It’s such a favorite that she paid $1,000 to appear in an episode of “The Chosen.” But not just $1,000 for herself, but a thousand bucks […]
National
By Catholic News Service
The needs of victims of the record flooding in eastern Kentucky are great, both for the short term and in the long term, according to Meg Campos, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington, Ky. The best way to help is to donate money so Catholic Charities and other agencies assisting flood […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Superman’s (voice of John Krasinski) best friend is his dog (voice of Dwayne Johnson) in director and co-writer Jared Stern reasonably fresh animated comedy, adapted from DC Comics lore. But the pair’s close relationship is complicated by the Man of Steel’s romance with Lois Lane (voice of Olivia Wilde) while their welfare is endangered by […]
National
By Daniel Meloy
NEWPORT, Mich. — As Karen Flint pulls into the St. Charles Borromeo parking lot in Newport, it’s pitch black, and the sun won’t rise for another two hours. The main parking lot lights are turned off so as not to attract the gnats that plague the area during the summer months. Guided by the flashlight […]
National
By Catholic News Service
CHICAGO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago said July 28 that a Catholic high school in Indianapolis and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis have a constitutional right to hire staff who will uphold their core religious teachings. The case, Starkey v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, involves Lynn Starkey, a […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Privileges of a deacon Q. Often, I have been at a Mass where the deacon reads the Gospel, which is fine. But then, sometimes, the deacon goes on to give the homily while the priest watches. This disappoints me and makes me feel that the deacon is overstepping his bounds. Why should a deacon, rather […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan in September and attend an interreligious meeting in the capital city, Nur-Sultan. “Accepting the invitation of the civil and ecclesial authorities, Pope Francis will make the announced apostolic journey to Kazakhstan from Sept. 13-15 this year, visiting the city of Nur-Sultan on the […]
National
By Marnie McAllister
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lori Helfrich, the parish life director at Mother of Good Counsel Church in Hazard County, Ky., had just come from volunteering at the food pantry that her parish helps support. They were cutting up melons to distribute to people hit hard by the torrential rain and flooding that has followed in the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
IQALUIT, Nunavut — On a stage designed to evoke a qammaq — a traditional Inuit summer home built of whale ribs, sod and stone — Pope Francis again apologized to the Indigenous communities of Canada for Catholics’ complicity in breaking up their families and suppressing their languages. “I want to tell you how very sorry […]
Movies
By John Mulderig
NEW YORK — By 1922, the film industry, which had begun to migrate from the East Coast to Hollywood about a decade earlier, was well-established and thriving. A century later, many of the movies released that year have perished. But some have survived while others have been rediscovered or restored. Following, in alphabetical order, are […]
