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Magi’s journey reflects longing for God, pope says on Epiphany
January 12, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Magi had the courage to set out on a journey in the hope of finding something new, unlike Herod who was full of himself and unwilling to change his ways, Pope Francis said. The Wise Men who set out from the East in search of Jesus personify all those who long for […]
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Open Door Catholic Worker community closes home, but leaders will still serve
January 12, 2017ATLANTA—On a December evening, residents and volunteers in Open Door Community’s dining room prayed aloud and ended with a verse of “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” They shared a dinner of yellow rice, turkey meatloaf, bite-sized macaroni and cheese balls and salad. Large black and white banners of the faces of executed death row […]
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Federal judge in Texas blocks HHS transgender regulation
January 12, 2017AUSTIN, Texas (CNS)—A federal judge in Texas Dec. 31 blocked a regulation by the Department of Health and Human Services requiring Catholic hospitals and health care providers to perform or provide gender transition services, saying it would place “substantial pressure” on the plaintiffs—a coalition of religious medical organizations who said the ruling was contrary to […]
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How will U.S. policy affect Middle East’s Christians in 2017?
January 12, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—A wide variety of issues, both domestic and foreign, have been raised during the presidential transition. One that hasn’t received much notice is the situation of the beleaguered Christian community in the Middle East. Given the interest in, and media coverage of, those other issues, it’s an open question as to just what the […]
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Scorsese’s complicated vision of fidelity to the faith illuminated in ‘Silence’
January 12, 2017NEW YORK (CNS)—Directed and co-written (with Jay Cocks) by Martin Scorsese, “Silence” (Paramount) is a dramatically powerful but theologically complex work best suited to viewers who come to the multiplex prepared to engage with serious issues. Those willing to make such an intellectual investment, however, will find themselves richly rewarded. In adapting Catholic author Shusaku […]
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An enduring economic revival
January 12, 2017Catholic News Service has posted a series of columns from leading archbishops on key issues facing the church and the new Trump administration. This guest column was written by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. In my Labor Day […]
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Standing on the edge of tomorrow
January 12, 2017I was in Florida in late December and went swimming in my cousin’s pool, even though the water was chilly. Taking the plunge on a sunny day—along with a flock of cousins—was rather exhilarating. One little boy stood on the side, while his mother, who was in the pool, urged him to jump into her […]
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‘Manchester’ depicts journey of one man’s crushing suffering
January 12, 2017NEW YORK (CNS)—At the center of filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan’s drama “Manchester by the Sea” (Roadside) lays a crushed soul flawlessly embodied by actor Casey Affleck. Affleck’s character, Lee Chandler, is a janitor in several Boston-area apartment buildings. A terse yet proficient handyman, he has little interest in conversing with tenants or in social interaction of […]
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Appealing ‘Hidden Figures’ tells untold history of race relations, space race
January 12, 2017NEW YORK (CNS)—The struggles of the civil rights era provide the backdrop for the appealing fact-based drama “Hidden Figures” (Fox 2000). Along with a personalized insight into the injustices that still prevailed in American society in the early 1960s, director Theodore Melfi’s adaptation of Margot Lee Shetterly’s book—which centers on three extraordinarily gifted mathematicians working […]
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NBC series ‘This Is Us’ proves to be refreshingly pro-life, pro-family
January 12, 2017NEW YORK (CNS)—The pilot episode of NBC’s drama “This Is Us” featured an eye-catching first scene. Pregnant with triplets, Rebecca Pearson (Mandy Moore) celebrated husband Jack’s (Milo Ventimiglia) 36th birthday by dancing suggestively for him, while he lay on their bed, wearing only a towel. Viewers shouldn’t let that provocative moment mislead them, however. Since […]