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A handler walks his camels during a camel auction as part of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 28. Pope Francis is scheduled to visit the United Arab Emirates Feb. 3-5. (CNS photo/Ali Haider, EPA)

Pope to make historic visit to United Arab Emirates in February

Junno Arocho Esteves
December 6, 2018
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Pope Francis will visit the United Arab Emirates next year, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula, the Vatican announced.

Former U.S. President George W. Bush follows a military honor guard as they carry the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush after his father's state funeral Dec. 5 at the Episcopal Church's Washington National Cathedral. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Nation’s 43rd president says his late father was ‘a great and noble man’

Catholic News Service
December 5, 2018
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“Dad could relate to people of all walks of life,” he said. “He valued character over pedigree and looked for the good in each person — and he usually found it.”

Advent calendars, with one box to open each day from Dec. 1-25, vary from simple paper calendars with religious images to more elaborate calendars with actual gifts for each day. The tradition of these calendars began in the mid-19th century in Germany. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Advent calendars: Old tradition and modern commercialism, same message

Carol Zimmermann
December 5, 2018
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Today, the Advent calendar runs the gamut from religious to political or sports themes and range from simple to expensive.

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. 

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