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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.
‘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 ...
2024 LA deacons 'love story' gets them closer to priesthood
Nov 26, 2024 · “What we celebrate today is a love story.” That’s how Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Brian Nunes described the journeys of the seven men ordained as transitional deacons Nov. 23 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, the final step before becoming priests.
Former sheriff Jim McDonnell, a Catholic, to lead LAPD
Oct 4, 2024 · Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday morning that she has chosen former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, a Catholic, to lead the city’s police department.. Born in Massachusetts to immigrant parents from Ireland, McDonnell moved to Southern California after college and entered the LAPD as a junior officer in 1981 at the age of 21.
Mission accomplished: Pope to declare 14 new saints
Oct 15, 2024 · RELATED ARTICLES. Diocese of Santa Rosa to declare bankruptcy amid wave of old abuse claims by John Lavenburg December 3, 2022; New Reagan film takes a page from the lives of the saints by Joseph Joyce August 26, 2024; Martin Scorsese's new saints docuseries opens with Joan of Arc by Katie Yoder November 18, 2024
Harris decision to skip Al Smith Dinner ‘puzzling,’ expert says
Sep 24, 2024 · There’s an episode of the 2000s political drama West Wing titled “The Al Smith Dinner,” where the two presidential nominees have trepidation about attending the Archdiocese of New York’s charitable event, but ultimately decide to attend.
Judge Carolyn Kuhl, Fr. Greg Boyle headline 2024 LA Red Mass
Oct 30, 2024 · A top Los Angeles judge called on lawyers to follow in the footsteps of St. Thomas More while the archdiocese’s longtime legal counsel received a surprise honor at the 2024 LA Red Mass on Oct. 23.
Archdiocese of Los Angeles announces $880 million abuse …
Oct 16, 2024 · The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached an agreement in principle worth $880 million to compensate more than a thousand decades-old claims of childhood sexual abuse.