“Killers of the Flower Moon” makes a case that 80 is the new 30: Martin Scorsese, the most prominent of American auteurs and champion of film history, continues as an octogenarian to explore and expand the possibilities of the medium and scour his own soul.
History
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
New research: Despite anti-Semitism, Catholics helped rescue thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Italy
Many Catholics overcame their antisemitic prejudices to rescue and save Jewish people in danger, “sometimes at the cost of their lives,” some Jewish and Catholic historians said at an international conference.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
There should be voting at the synod.
But it shouldn’t be as simple as that.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic church where JFK married Jackie celebrates couple’s 70th wedding anniversary
A small Catholic parish recently invited parishioners, neighbors and tourists to relive the wedding of John F. Kennedy and Jaqueline Bouvier, on what would have been the couple’s 70th anniversary this month.
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Pope Pius XII knew details about Nazi death camps, according to unearthed letter from German Jesuit
Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The devastation and dishonesty of the ‘wonder drug,’ thalidomide
It was touted as a sedative with no hangover. It was hailed as non-addictive. It was rumored to present no side effects. It was trumpeted in medical journal ads as “astonishingly safe” and “completely non-poisonous.”
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The Vatican beatifies a Polish family of 9 killed by the Nazis for sheltering Jews
The Ulma beatification poses several new theological concepts about the Catholic Church’s ideas of saints and martyrs that have implications for the anti-abortion movement because of the baby in the mother’s womb.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
A Jesuit football rivalry renewed: Boston College and Holy Cross meet for first time in 5 years
Boston College and Holy Cross have battled it out on the gridiron 83 times. Tomorrow’s matchup should add another chapter to this storied (and only recently renewed) rivalry.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic orders in Rome sheltered more than 3,000 Jews during Holocaust, rediscovered document shows
A key document listing the names of 3,600 people who were allegedly sheltered by Catholic religious orders in Rome during the Nazis’ occupation of the city has been rediscovered, after having been considered lost.
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Notre Dame football plays in Ireland: A chance for unity for a divided campus (and country)
When Notre Dame meets Navy in a football game in Dublin tomorrow, it will give us all a chance to remember that old Irish adage: “There is no strength without unity.”