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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Heather King |Justin Mclellan |Scott Hahn |Ann Rodgers
American film director John Cassavetes (1929-1989) is known for his improvisational, cinéma vérité style. In his best-known movies — “Faces,” “Opening Night,” “Woman Under the Influence” — everyone talks at once: above, over, and through one another. For many, he’s an acquired taste; for many others, he’s a maverick hero. He was married to actress Gena Rowlands, who appeared in many of his films, and he clashed frequently with the studio system.
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angelusnews.com | Maria Wiering |Justin Mclellan |Scott Hahn |Ann Rodgers
The eight young adults traveling the full route of this year's National Eucharistic Pilgrimage had expected to witness their faith to inmates of James Lynaugh Prison Unit near Fort Stockton, Texas, during their June 9 visit. Instead, those inmates showed their faith to them. "That was probably a highlight of the pilgrimage," said Ace Acuña, one of the "perpetual pilgrims" journeying with the Eucharist from Indianapolis to Los Angeles.
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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Robert Brennan |Heather King |Scott Hahn |Ad rem
If you expect to find solid Catholic teaching in your popular entertainment, you are setting yourself up for bitter disappointment. Between blatant untruths about the faith to grotesque distortions of Catholic facts, entertainment across a wide spectrum has a wretched track record. This is certainly true when it comes to representations of the devil or demonic spirits.
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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Carol Glatz |Gina Christian |Greg Hardesty |Scott Hahn
Every papal diplomat around the world must let people know that the Catholic Church is always on the side of the marginalized and is ready to face everything "out of love," Pope Leo XIV said.
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2 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Gina Christian |Greg Hardesty |Scott Hahn
The U.S. bishops urged House and Senate leaders in a June 9 letter to remember that while artificial intelligence presents opportunities, it also presents challenges. The bishops said policy considerations surrounding AI should be governed by an ethical framework.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Gina Christian |Greg Hardesty |Scott Hahn
The Catholic bishops of Washington state asked a federal court to block a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. The bishops on June 5 asked the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma to issue a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the law, scheduled to take effect on July 27.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Gerry Jackson |Kate Scanlon |Heather King |Scott Hahn
Maryland's bishops released a pastoral letter on artificial intelligence June 5, urging Catholics to harness the use of emerging technologies while always putting "human dignity" at the forefront. The bishops tied the release to the feast of Pentecost, celebrated June 8 throughout Catholic parishes. Archbishop William E. Lori and Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker of Baltimore were among the authors of the 1,400-word letter.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Heather King |Scott Hahn |Kate Scanlon
Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) is beloved the world over for such children’s classics as “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”My penchant for melodrama started early, and Andersen’s stories pierced my young heart.
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4 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Heather King |Scott Hahn
Food insecurity in the Gaza Strip "has reached catastrophic levels," a Catholic humanitarian organization has warned. In his monthly update on the situation in Gaza in late May, Joseph Hazboun, regional director for CNEWA-Pontifical Mission for Palestine and Israel, painted a bleak picture that includes overcrowding at Gaza's two Christian churches and an "increasingly dire" health situation.
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4 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Maria Wiering |Heather King |Scott Hahn
The 67 victims of the Jan. 29 air collision in Washington were remembered at a May 28 Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita, Kansas, celebrated by Bishop Carl A. Kemme. The American Airlines-operated flight that collided with a U.S. Army helicopter over the Potomac River had originated in Wichita. The Mass was part of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that on May 28 marked its 10th day and events in its eighth diocese.
