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From Cardinal Seán's blog

Last Friday, I met at the cathedral with the Archbishop Joseph Vu Van Thien of Hanoi, who came accompanied by some of his priests and seminarians. We have...

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Nation

Las Vegas made an archdiocese

The rapid and sustained growth of both the general population and especially of the Catholic population in Nevada has resulted in the decision of Pope...

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TV

TV program notes -- week of June 11,2023

NEW YORK (OSV News) -- Here are some television program notes for the week of June 11, with their TV Parental Guidelines ratings if available. They have...

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TV

TV film fare -- week of June 11, 2023

(OSV News) -- The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies on network and cable television the week of June 11. Please note that televised versions...

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Media

Padre Pio

NEW YORK (OSV News) -- Viewers may be misled by the title of director and co-writer Abel Ferrara’s historical drama "Padre Pio" (Gravitas). The film...

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Media

Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Can there ever be too many iterations of everybody's favorite amalgam of arachnid and human? Not according to the sequel "Spider-Man...

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World

Pope calls for an end to the use of torture

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on the international community to work concretely against torture and to guarantee support to victims and their...

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From Cardinal Seán's blog

Last Friday, I attended the wake of Marylou Parrish, the mother of Father Bryan Parrish, who had been living with her husband at St. Patrick's Manor...

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TV

Mrs. Davis

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Catholic viewers are bound to take an interest in a TV show whose main character is a nun. Given the prevailing outlook of the...

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TV

TV film fare -- week of June 4, 2023

NEW YORK (OSV News) -- The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies on network and cable television the week of June 4. Please note that televised...

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TV

TV program notes -- week of June 4, 2023

(OSV News) -- Here are some television program notes for the week of June 4, with their TV Parental Guidelines ratings if available. They have not been...

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Media

The Boogeyman

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Way back in the days of Watergate, a youthful, little-known author published a short story that played on some of the stereotypical...

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Specials

Beginning, looking back, and celebrating

If this special Spring Vocation Section is any indication, the genuine affection of the Roman Catholic faithful for their priests continues to be very...

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Specials

Father Paul Born

BRIGHTON -- Many future priests begin their journeys to the priesthood through serving at the altar. This was even more true for Father Paul Born, who...

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Specials

Father Jose Ignacio Montero Burgos

CHESTNUT HILL -- When Father Jose Ignacio Montero Burgos became a transitional deacon, his ordination cards had the verse from Isaiah 55:8, "'My thoughts...

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Specials

Father Rodrigo Martinez

BRIGHTON -- Father Rodrigo Martinez always wanted to have a career that would help people. Now, he sees that all along, God has been calling him to be...

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Specials

Father Peter Schirripa

BRIGHTON -- Looking back, Father Peter Schirripa can see how his family planted the seeds of his vocation to the priesthood. He grew up in Lexington with...

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Specials

Father Alphonsus Hien Quang Vu

BRIGHTON -- Father Alphonsus Hien Quang Vu believes his vocation was sown in him before he was born. He was his parents' first child, and when his...

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Specials

A vocation to the peripheries

It began as a typical movie night. "God Bless the Child" was ABC's Sunday Night Movie on March 21, 1988, and on a whim, Jim Orcutt and his wife Terry...

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Specials

Jesuit ordinations 2023

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans will ordain four Jesuit deacons to the priesthood at the sacred liturgy of ordination at Holy Name of Jesus...

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Specials

Am I called? Steps to figure it out

So, what is a vocation? The root word for vocation is "vocare," which is Latin for "to call." God has created each one of us for a particular calling...

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