The LA miracle that will make Pier Giorgio Frassati a saint
Dec 15, 2024 · Father Juan Manuel Gutierrez holds a photo of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a 20th century Italian youth whose intercession is credited with healing Gutierrez from a torn Achilles tendon in 2017.
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Netflix’s ‘Mary’ is a survival thriller that loses the script
Dec 5, 2024 · 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.
Jesus' crown of thorns returns to Notre Dame Cathedral
Dec 16, 2024 · Firefighters and police officers formed a human chain to rescue the crown of thorns from the inferno at Notre Dame on April 15, 2019. On Dec. 13, this holiest relic of Paris' cathedral was returned to its proper home on the Île de la Cité.
Report: Trump to scrap policy barring ICE arrests at church
Dec 11, 2024 · The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump plans to rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals, according to a report by NBC News. Trump, who has pledged to carry out "the largest deportation program in American history ...
‘Conclave’ review: Cardboard characters and silly plot twists
Oct 22, 2024 · Real conclaves can be long and boring. Films about them don’t have to be. That’s one important takeaway from “ Conclave, ” a badly written, poorly researched, half-baked mystery that takes itself too seriously but turns at times into unwitting comedy. It is so simplistic, ignorant, and shallow that it feels like it was written for an audience of 12-year-olds.
New cardinals 2024: Pope Francis announces his picks
Oct 6, 2024 · VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop who heads his church's eparchy in Melbourne, Australia.. The 21 cardinals-designate named by the pope Oct. 6 hail from 18 nations. Eight of the cardinals come from Europe, five from Latin America, five from Asia, two from Africa and ...
Heather King: ‘Chapel Ikons’ and the depth of the ordinary
Dec 13, 2024 · “Our Lady of Guadalupe” (2011) painted by artist John Patrick Cobb. (Chapel Ikons) “ Chapel Ikons ” (Treaty Oak Publishers, $25.29), a book of photographs and meditations, is a collaboration between Austin-based iconographer, landscape and portrait artist John Patrick Cobb and William Y. Penn Jr., Ph.D.
Suspect in Bishop O’Connell murder sent to mental health court
Oct 17, 2024 · A judge suspended criminal proceedings for the suspect in Bishop David O’Connell’s death over concerns about his mental health.. 63-year-old Carlos Medina was set to appear in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to go to trial.
ESNE founder Noel Díaz honored by Pope Francis at Vatican
Dec 12, 2024 · Pope Francis shakes Noel Díaz’s hand while Father Mario Torres, right, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Los Angeles, and Father Jarlath “Jay” Cunnane, far right, pastor at St. Cornelius Church in Long Beach, look on. (Vatican Media) In March 1984, Noel Díaz was participating in ...