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Animated characters Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Tim Allen, Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, and Bo, voiced by Annie Potts, appear in the movie "Toy Story 4." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G -- general audiences. All ages admitted. (CNS photo/Disney)

Movie Review: ‘Toy Story 4’

John Mulderig
June 22, 2019
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Deftly juggling humor, sentiment and even clever gothic material, director Josh Cooley and screenwriters Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom deliver a delightful addition to the animated franchise that has filled out sporadically since 1995.

Father Michael Ruane, pastor of St. Michael, Poplar Springs, in Mount Airy, accepts a papal blessing from Mary Ann Gehle on behalf of the parish community after a May 17 Mass of Thanksgiving for his 50 years as a priest. Also pictured are Trinitarian Fathers Gerard Lynch and Kurt J. Klismet. (Courtesy Keith Pusateri/St. Michael, Poplar Springs)

Names & Numbers: Jubilees, handwriting honors and more

Catholic Review Staff
June 22, 2019
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The latest installment of Names & Numbers includes jubilees for religious men and women, national handwriting honors for a pair of elementary school students, and a major scholarship for a medical research standout.

Msgr. John Kennedy, head of the disciplinary action section at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gives a talk at the Catholic Media Conference in St. Petersburg, Fla., June 19, 2019. Msgr. Kennedy related his experiences handling clerical sexual abuse cases, and their effect on the church as well as him personally. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican official praises Catholic media for coverage of sex abuse crisis

Greg Erlandson
June 21, 2019
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In a remarkably frank and detailed speech, the Vatican official heading the department charged with reviewing clergy sexual abuse allegations told an assembly of Catholic journalists June 19 that his investigators and the press “share the same goal, which is the protection of minors, and we have the same wish to leave the world a little better than how we found it.”

A cross-shaped World War I memorial, a landmark in Bladensburg, Md., is pictured Feb. 26, 2019. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Feb. 27 to consider if the 40-foot cross endorses religion or is just a secular memorial. The cement and marble cross, which is on a median strip on government property in Bladensburg, memorializes local soldiers who died in World War I. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Historic cross on public property can stay, Supreme Court rules

Carol Zimmermann
June 20, 2019
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In a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of preserving a historic cross-shaped memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland saying the cross did not endorse religion.

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