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Jan 21, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Robert Barron |Peter Laffin |Amy Welborn
Recently, the diary of a young North Korean soldier killed in Ukraine came to light. What attracted most commentary was the revelation that he and his unfortunate colleagues were being used, essentially, as bait for the deadly drones that hover over the battlefields of that beleaguered country. What I found even more desperately sad, however, was a more personal truth that was laid bare in the pages of that diary.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Amy Welborn |Scott Hahn
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order billed as “defending women from gender ideology extremism,” one that the White House says restores “biological truth to the federal government.”Trump, who centered the transgender issue during much of his 2024 presidential campaign, signed the order on Monday, the first day of his return to the U.S. presidency.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Junno Arocho Esteves |Amy Welborn |Scott Hahn
The controversial lay movement Sodalitium Christianae Vitae was forced to confirm news that it was suppressed by Pope Francis after two of its members leaked the news to a Catholic news outlet. In a statement released Jan.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Amy Welborn |Scott Hahn
Waugh, Greene, Mauriac, Tolkien, O’Connor. You know them — the heart of the 20th century Catholic literary canon. Less familiar, especially to American readers, but deserving of his own spot, is the British writer David Lodge, who died on New Year’s Day at the age of 89. David Lodge wrote novels, essays, plays and teleplays. He also enjoyed a long academic career.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Hannah Brockhaus |Amy Welborn
Pope Francis to give monthly bonus to Vatican City employees with 3 or more children By Hannah Brockhaus for CNA Pope Francis blesses a baby during the Saturday Jubilee audience in the Vatican’s audience hall, Jan. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Jan 16, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA).
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Amy Welborn
Those interested in liturgical matters are sometimes accused of being inappropriately interested in externals when they should be out doing some works of mercy. Well, probably, since we all fall short on that score. (And guess what? I’m annoyed at myself for deciding to write about this kind of thing—again…)The accusation implies that “conservatives” are most guilty on that score, while anyone involved in liturgy for more than five minutes suspects that liturgical “progressives” are just as guilty.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
angelusnews.com | Justin Mclellan |Jonah McKeown |Amy Welborn
Anyone interested in Catholic Church can now see a detailed, interactive breakdown of the body that will elect the next pope. The Vatican launched a "dashboard" for the College of Cardinals Dec. 5, allowing users of the web page to see a comprehensive list of the church's cardinals and sort them by age, rank, country of origin, electoral status and religious order. Initially it was available only in Italian.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
angelusnews.com | Jonah McKeown |Amy Welborn |Robert Brennan
Is the Bible — already the most widely printed book of all time — having a moment? As recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, Bible sales — across a variety of editions — rose 22% in the U.S. through the end of October 2024 compared with the same period last year, according to book tracker Circana BookScan. This is despite nearly a third of U.S. adults identifying as religiously unaffiliated. In contrast, print book sales overall rose just 1% during the same period.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
angelusnews.com | Robert Brennan |Amy Welborn |Kate Scanlon |Ad rem
There was a time when the film industry produced religious epics featuring A-List directors like DeMille, Wyler and Stevens and starred A-List actors from either side of the Atlantic. They were films noted for their length, with theology that made one wonder if a Sister of Providence with a ruler in her hand was not looking over the script writer’s shoulder. Those films have gone the same way of the typewriter.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
angelusnews.com | Amy Welborn |Robert Brennan |Kate Scanlon
Over a decade ago, megachurch celebrity pastor Joel Osteen was determined to make a movie: “Mary, Mother of the Christ.”Years passed, writers wrote, casts were announced and walked back, publicists publicized, but by 2015, it was clear nothing would happen and eventually the film’s IMDB page went full 404. Good news: It’s 2024, and Osteen has finally got his movie: “Mary,” being streamed by Netflix beginning on Dec.
