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Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star in a scene from the movie "Stan & Ollie." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II – adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.(CNS photo/Sony Pictures Classics)

Movie Review: ‘Stan & Ollie’

Kurt Jensen
December 5, 2018
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These two performers epitomized “the show must go on” work ethic, never disappointing an audience, no matter how small. The result here is not so much the belly laughs of their prime, but sublime joy at their invincible courage.

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivers the presidential address Nov. 12 during the fall general assembly of the USCCB in Baltimore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Bishops stymied in response to abuse

Christopher Gunty
December 5, 2018
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We all wanted some definitive answers by now. God willing, February and June – the next U.S. bishops meeting – will bring the remedies that victim-survivors of sexual abuse, and the whole church, desperately need. 

Scientist He Jiankui shows "The Human Genome," a book he edited, at his company. Direct Genomics, in Shenzhen, China, Aug.4, 2016. An ethicist calls Jiankui's gene editing on a human embryo "a train wreck of a thing to do." (CNS photo/Reuters)

Ethicist: Gene-editing human embryos ‘a train wreck of a thing to do’

Mark Pattison
December 5, 2018
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The revelation in late November that a Chinese researcher had edited genes in human embryos and then implanted them in a woman was “a train wreck of a thing to do,” said an ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Advent Evening of Reflection; Baltimore Area, Order of Malta, Federal Association

Archbishop William E. Lori
December 5, 2018
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In the end, what give us such invincible hope? They placed the lifeless body of the Savior in a darkened tomb. Even there the light shone in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it. Such a light will cast its saving light even in the most desperate situations created by fallibility, stupidity, and wickedness and ultimately win through to victory.

Pope Francis autographs a Lamborghini Huracan coupe presented by representatives of the Italian automaker at the Vatican in this 2017 file photo. The custom-built 2018 Lamborghini is back on the block, this time with an online fundraising platform, not at an elite European auction house. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Pope’s white Lamborghini up for raffle; winner gets trip to Rome

Carol Glatz
December 4, 2018
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The winner gets airfare to Rome, accommodation in a four-star hotel and a private ceremony of receiving the new car keys “in the presence of Pope Francis and Lamborghini CEO, Stefano Domenicali” at the Vatican, according to the fundraising page.

Youths from Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Edgewater, and Our Lady of Sorrows, West River, spent the morning of Dec. 1 wrapping Christmas gifts for an outreach sponsored by the seminarians at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Southern Anne Arundel pastorate in the making boosts seminarian-led outreach

Paul McMullen
December 4, 2018
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Coordinated by the seminarians’ Peace and Justice Committee, the Christmas gift-giving program benefits students from Baltimore’s Mother Seton Academy and children whose families are clients of Project PLASE, which addresses homelessness in Baltimore.

Pope Francis leads an audience with members of a volunteers association from Sardinia in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican Nov. 30. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

If gay priests, religious can’t be celibate, they should leave, pope says

Cindy Wooden
December 4, 2018
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The Catholic Church has been slow to recognize the presence of homosexual men in the priesthood, which is why superiors must exercise care in helping gay candidates prepare for a life of celibacy or leave the seminary, Pope Francis said.

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