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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Tyler Arnold |Kate Scanlon |Joseph Joyce
In the summer of A.D. 325, more than 300 bishops gathered in Nicaea — located in modern-day northern Turkey — to promulgate a common Christian creed, settle Christological disputes that arose from the Arian heresy, and promote unity in the Church. The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, is still accepted as authoritative by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and many Protestant denominations.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Joseph Joyce |Tom Hoffarth
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 unanimously ruled in favor of the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, which had asked the high court to overturn a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court the agency argued discounted its religious identity.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Joseph Joyce |Tom Hoffarth |Hannah Brockhaus
When you critique film for an archdiocesan magazine, exorcism movies are something of an occupational hazard. They simply come with the territory, like splinters for lumberjacks or celibacy for aspiring screenwriters. “The Ritual,” in theaters June 6, will be my third in as many years (with several others left unreviewed out of editorial exhaustion). Fortunately if you miss one of them, you can simply see any other to catch up.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Joseph Joyce |Nora Miller |Scott Hahn |Mike Cisneros
Pope Leo XIV is our first American pope, which is too broad an achievement to inspire much excitement. It’s far more precise to say he’s the first pope from Chicago; from this we can surmise he’s also the first pope to properly understand the majesty of Michael Jordan, as well as the first pontiff in 500 years of Italians to mistake lasagna for pizza.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Christopher Gunty |Kate Scanlon |Pablo Kay |Joseph Joyce
The Maryland House passed a bill April 3 that makes significant changes to the Child Victims Act, lowering the limits for future lawsuits for sexual abuse of a minor and limiting the civil damages to each claimant, rather than each incident of alleged abuse. The bill then moved to the Maryland Senate for action before the April 7 end of the session.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Pablo Kay |Joseph Joyce
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children's services and refugee support after its longstanding partnerships with the federal government in those areas became "untenable."Earlier this year, the Trump administration suspended a federal refugee resettlement program as part of its broader effort to enforce its hardline immigration policies.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Justin Mclellan |Pablo Kay |Joseph Joyce
With thousands of infirmed people and those who care for them gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair and wearing a nasal cannula, made an unexpected appearance to greet the crowd. "A happy Sunday to you all, many thanks!" the pope said to them with a strained voice.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Pablo Kay |Joseph Joyce
After nearly 40 years of wandering in a desert of changing plans and dashed hopes, parishioners at Guardian Angel Church in Pacoima finally reached their Promised Land. And not on Easter, but on a Friday of Lent. The evening of April 4, they came in the hundreds to catch a first glimpse at their shiny new church, filling every one of its 1,030 seats and spilling into the aisles and vestibule for a long-awaited dedication Mass. “It still seems too small,” joked Archbishop José H.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Joseph Joyce
Christian children’s entertainment is a tricky business. It’s hard enough to explain to adults the nature of the triune Godhead, let alone a child who will be distracted by any blur of movement in their peripheral vision. Worse yet is that when something does manage to hold their attention, it usually never lets go. There’s also the Christian animator’s challenge of producing something that won’t melt the parents’ brain upon the 90th rewatch.
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Justin Mclellan |Dale Gavlak |Joseph Joyce |Kate Quinones
Pope Francis is no longer considered in imminent danger from his lung infection, but he will remain in Rome's Gemelli hospital for several more days to continue receiving medical treatment, the Vatican said. The improvements in the 88-year-old pope's condition recorded in the previous days "have been further consolidated" and were confirmed by the results of blood tests and his positive response to drug therapy, the Vatican said in its evening medical bulletin March 10.
