#CATHOLIC News
Thousands of outraged Christians condemn "unholy" Ron DeSantis
newsweek.com Thousands of Christians signed an online petition condemning Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign, accusing him of "twisting religion" for political gain.…
Links 5/27/2023
nakedcapitalism.com Bear helps itself to 60 cupcakes from Connecticut bakery, scares employees Associated Press (resilc) The 2022 Tonga Eruption Created a Very Rare ‘Super Plasma Bubble’ in The…
Why there are so few babies in southern Europe
economist.com T in Florence has an unusual name and hosts an unusual display: a collection of small broken objects, mostly medallions. They were split in two when a baby was delivered to…
The real questions raised by Clarence Thomas’s latest scandal
economist.com T from Clarence Thomas’s beginnings could reach the Supreme Court reifies America’s fondest dream of itself, as a country that greets individual capacity with boundless…
Quite a few young Americans plan to end their days as compost
economist.com A architecture student in 2013, Katrina Spade began pondering her mortality. Specifically, what would happen to her body after she died. Ms Spade, who was enrolled at the…
Five Stand-Up Specials for the Long Holiday Weekend
nytimes.com Most comedy about the American immigrant family is related from the point of view of the assimilated son or daughter poking fun at the clueless, thick-accented parents. The…
Last chance to see "miracle" body of nun draws huge crowds to Gower, MO
newsweek.com The body of an exhumed nun whose remains were found undecayed four years after she died in Missouri is drawing crowds of pilgrims who believe a miracle has occurred. Sister…
Rampant child sexual abuse is occurring in churches
msnbc.com The Illinois attorney general released a report Tuesday finding that almost 2,000 children suffered sexual abuse by 451 Catholic clergy between 1950 and 2019. “It is my hope…
The Campaign To Intimidate Churches, Pro-Life Groups Is Getting Worse
newsweek.com Winston Churchill issued a famous warning in his 1945 election broadcast. The great statesman was rightly worried about the threat posed by the Soviet Union, and the…
Exploring the Majesty and Mystery of Sor Juana in Dance
nytimes.com Michelle Manzaneles’s new work for Ballet Hispánico is, she says, “a way of going personal through another person’s story.” A dancer struggles and falls, again and again.…
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Has Pushed The Envelope
zerohedge.com Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Has Pushed The Envelope Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Why are our government, corporations, and popular culture…
“The Good, The Bad, The Fabulosity, The Ugliness, The Absurdity”: Geena Rocero on Her New Memoir, ‘Horse Barbie’
vanityfair.com The mordant irony of her location is not lost on Geena Rocero. When Vanity Fair reaches her by phone, the filmmaker, model, and activist is perched in a guest room on a…
The Tides Are Against a President Ron DeSantis
newsweek.com The Republican Party is caught between the good book and some hard truths. Their presidential candidates, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seem to lead off their…
Nearly 2,000 children were sexually abused in the Illinois Catholic Church
vox.com Pope Francis attends his Wednesday General Audience at St. Peter’s Square on May 17, 2023, in Vatican City, Vatican. | Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images A new…
Nuns digging up sister's remains find body intact 4 years after death
newsweek.com A small rural town in Missouri has received an influx of visitors this week after the body of a deceased nun was found with no signs of visible decay, four years after being…
Ron DeSantis praises Clarence Thomas as "gold standard"
newsweek.com Florida Governor Ron DeSantis praised conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as the "gold standard" he seeks to emulate if elected president next year,…
The Vatican just revolutionized the way it investigates apparitions and other mystical phenomena around Virgin Mary sightings
fortune.com The Vatican recently announced its plan to set up an “observatory” at one of its several academic institutions, the Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis, to…
Marco Bellocchio On Making His Cannes Competition Title ‘Kidnapped’ To “Save” The Pope & Why Steven Spielberg Dropped Out Of Making A Similar Film About The…
deadline.com “I didn’t make a film against the pope or to condemn the Pope,” Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio said of his Cannes competition title Kidnapped at the official festival…
‘Kidnapped’ Review: Marco Bellocchio’s Luxuriant Account of Religious Child Abduction is Dignified But Dusty
variety.com Solid, stately and — like the collapsing Papal States of the Italian Peninsula in the late 1800s — just a little too tradition-bound for its own good, Marco Bellocchio’s…
Report finds nearly 2,000 kids abused by Catholic clergy in Illinois over decades
theweek.com Nearly 2,000 children in Illinois were sexually abused by Catholic clergy over a period of almost 70 years, the state's attorney general said in a report Wednesday. The vast…
‘Kidnapping’ Review: Marco Bellocchio’s Intriguing if Overheated Historical Drama About a Jewish Boy Seized By the Church
hollywoodreporter.com At 83 years-old, Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio has been on a hot streak these past years, with the success both at home and abroad of his 2019 Sicilian mafia epic, The…
‘Kidnapped’ Review: Sins Of Holy Fathers Remain Unforgiven In Marco Bellocchio’s Authoritative Historical Drama
deadline.com In 1857, 6-year-old Edgardo Mortara was stolen from his Jewish family to be raised in a Catholic seminary on the spurious grounds that a maid had secretly baptized him in…
Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 kids in Illinois, state finds
nbcnews.com CHICAGO — An Illinois attorney general’s office investigation released Tuesday found that 451 Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children in the state over a…
The Right-Wing Pressure Campaign to Shame the LA Dodgers Out of a Drag Charity Performance Really Backfired
vanityfair.com After briefly caving to a right-wing pressure campaign, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Monday that they would once again welcome a storied San Francisco drag group to…
Nearly 2,000 Illinois Children Sexually Abused By Catholic Clergy Since 1950, Report Finds
forbes.com More than 450 Catholic clergy members across six Illinois-based dioceses sexually abused nearly 2,000 children during a period spanning seven decades, according to a report…
Florida Senator Claims LA Dodgers Were 'Bullied' Into Backtracking From LGBTQ+ Controversy
thestreet.com The Los Angeles Dodgers have been in the middle of a culture war -- and it’s now backtracking from a previous decision. Last week, the MLB franchise removed the Sisters of…
Hundreds of Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused thousands of children, AG finds
pbs.org Illinois’ attorney general released the results of a sweeping investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy on Tuesday, saying investigators found that…
Dodgers Reverse Decision: Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence Included In LGBTQ Pride Night Over Objections
forbes.com The Los Angeles Dodgers issued an apology Monday evening and reversed its decision to revoke an invitation to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charity that uses…
LA Dodgers face LGBTQ+ storm after banning drag group
newsweek.com The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team has, in the space of a week, disinvited, apologized to and reinvited a group of queer activists who dress as nuns to its annual LGBTQ+…
Marco Bellocchio on How His ‘Kidnapped,’ About a Jewish Boy Abducted by the Church, Is Different From the Film Steven Spielberg Had in Mind
variety.com Revered Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio is returning to Cannes with “Kidnapped,” a drama that reconstructs the true tale of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who was…
Dodgers Apologize & Reverse Ban Of Drag Group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence From LGBTQ+ Pride Night Following Backlash
deadline.com The Dodgers are walking back their ban on the drag group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and have invited them again to be part of LGBTQ+ Pride Night. “After much thoughtful…
Dodgers Apologize, Reverse Ban on Drag Group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
hollywoodreporter.com L.A.’s Major League Baseball team whipped up a firestorm of controversy after rescinding an invite made to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — a charitable drag group that…
St. John's Prep active shooter report prompts Danvers school lockdown
newsweek.com An active shooter was reported Monday at a Massachusetts prep school, and local and state police were responding at the scene. The report came from St. John's Prep, an…
Lily Gladstone’s Cannes Debut Is Just the Beginning
vanityfair.com Lily Gladstone knows the exact moment when she lost it at the world premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon at the Cannes Film Festival. She had walked down the most famous…
'True Christians' Aren't Persecuted in the U.S. They Run It
newsweek.com The ultra-Christian nationalist minority is weeping their way to victory. Recently, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has complained bitterly of an FBI memo suggesting that suspected…
Jeremy Strong on ‘Succession’ Funeral and Kendall “Doubling Down” Heading Into Series Finale
hollywoodreporter.com [This story contains major spoilers from the penultimate episode of Succession, “Church and State.”] The final season of Succession has been taking place in consecutive days…
Cannes: Marco Bellocchio on Why His Competition Film ‘Kidnapping’ “Needed to Be Done in the Italian Language”
hollywoodreporter.com Marco Bellocchio is always welcome in Cannes. The Italian maestro first landed a film in the Cannes FIlm Festival’s competition lineup back in 1980 with A Leap in the Dark…
‘Firebrand’ Review: Alicia Vikander And Jude Law In The First Movie About Henry VIII With A Feminist POV
deadline.com Most movies about England’s King Henry VIII like to focus on the mercurial monarch’s failed marriages. His six wives have been collectively described as divorced, died,…
The case for shame
vox.com Malte Mueller/Getty Images Maybe the world doesn’t need to know every thought you’ve ever had. “The basic experience connected to shame,” wrote English philosopher Bernard…
Small, rural communities are becoming abortion access battlegrounds
nbcnews.com WEST WENDOVER, Nev. — In April, Mark Lee Dickson arrived in this 4,500-person city that hugs the Utah-Nevada border to pitch an ordinance banning abortion. Dickson is the…
"Deep Level Of Corruption": Gen. Flynn Condemns FBI Following Durham Report
zerohedge.com "Deep Level Of Corruption": Gen. Flynn Condemns FBI Following Durham Report Retired US Army Gen. Michael Flynn says that the United States needs to address the corruption…
‘Four Daughters’ Review: Kaouther Ben Hania’s Cannes Documentary Uses Reenactments To Portray A Tunisian Family’s Islamist Nightmare
deadline.com Using actors to bring to life story elements within documentary film is becoming a more widespread practice, if one that’s still viewed with skepticism by some purists. The…
Shooting Stars Trailer #1 (2023)
youtube.com Check out the new Shooting Stars Trailer starring Marquis 'Mookie' Cook! ► Learn more: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shooting_stars_2023/?cmp=RTTV_YouTube_Desc Subscribe…
L.A. Dodgers’ Pride Night Controversy Explained: Why LGBTQ Groups And Politicians Are Slamming Team
forbes.com As companies continue to face backlash from far-right critics over LGBTQ outreach, the Los Angeles Dodgers uninvited a charity that uses religious-themed drag from its Pride…
‘The New Boy’ Review: Warwick Thornton & Cate Blanchett Bring The Australian Tragedy To Life
deadline.com Warwick Thornton is a master maker of images. The first frames of The New Boy – a sweep of dusty ground; a flash of a small boy on a policeman’s back, strangling him; a…
LGBTQ Advocates Call on Dodgers to Reinvite Drag Queen Group or Cancel Pride Night
thewrap.com The day after the Los Angeles Dodgers disinvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence – an LGBTQ group that dresses in religious drag – the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center called…
How William F. Buckley Jr.’s Right-Wing College Crusade Paved the Way for Ron DeSantis
vanityfair.com On Sunday, October 30, 2022, the day before Halloween—All Saints Day Celebration, as it is called in the calendar at Ave Maria University, near Naples, Florida—Governor Ron…
‘Inshallah a Boy’ Director Amjad Al Rasheed Braces for Controversy as He Shows Women Who Say No
variety.com In “Inshallah a Boy,” selected for Cannes’ Critics Week, women talk about sex and pregnancy. They also address misogyny and social injustice. But most of all, they say no.…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Articles Of Impeachment Against FBI Director Chris Wray
zerohedge.com Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Articles Of Impeachment Against FBI Director Chris Wray Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Rep. Marjorie Taylor…
Are Martin Scorsese’s Longer Movies Better Than His Shorter Ones? An Expert Analysis
variety.com It makes sense that Martin Scorsese would demand and receive final cut. That’s the perk of directing some of the most iconic films in Hollywood history. But even the most…
Eastern Orthodoxy Gains New Followers in America
wsj.com Michelle Jimenez was captaining an oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico in early 2020 when she heard about a Bible-study group organized by a crew member. Though she had been…
North Carolina Republicans pass 12-week abortion law
axios.com Most abortions will no longer be legal in North Carolina after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Driving the news: The state's GOP-controlled legislature Tuesday night carried out a…
Did the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Influence the Common Law?
reason.com How much did the Catholic intellectual tradition influence the common law? If that question interests you, here's a new draft essay, The Influence of the Catholic…
‘The Velvet Hammer’: who is Twitter’s new CEO and can she fix its problems?
theguardian.com “I see I have some new followers,” said Linda Yaccarino, adding side-eyes and waving hand emojis to a tongue-in-cheek post responding to the social media explosion that…
Amazon Music Launches Latin Rap Campaign ‘Hip-Hop X Siempre’ With Fat Joe, Eladio Carrión, N.O.R.E and More (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.com Latin hip-hop found its footing in the bicoastal stomping grounds of the East and West Coasts where Spanglish-speaking communities were influenced and surrounded by urban…
Couple going strong after 20 years despite gender swap: 'My forever person'
newsweek.com A couple who fell in love as a man and a woman are celebrating two decades years together—even though the man has transitioned. Marie was 15 when she met her childhood…
In a Honduras town, it rains fish. This brand turns the phenomenon into a source of income for locals
fastcompany.com Ad agency Ogilvy and fish company Regal Springs created Heaven Fish, a new brand that helps residents of Yoru, Honduras turn their annual miracle into an economic…
Tracey Rose, Artist and Provocateur, Gets a Major U.S. Retrospective
nytimes.com Work on display by Tracey Rose at the Queens Museum includes “Portrait for a Young Black Man” in the foreground. Raised in apartheid South Africa, Ms. Rose has been making…