Cindy Wooden, Author at Crux

Scorsese says a boyhood of church and movies continues to inspire him

Film director Martin Scorsese was awarded a lifetime achievement award during the Catholic Media Convention in Quebec City. The filmmaker took the opportunity to talk about his relationship with the Church growing up and stating that his 2016 movie ‘Silence’ was a “believer’s movie.”

Eucharist is reminder of God’s love, call to unity, pope says

The Eucharist “is the sacrament of memory, reminding us, in a real and tangible way, of the story of God’s love for us,” Pope Francis said June 18, celebrating the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. “Remembering all that the Lord has done for us is the foundation of our own personal history of salvation.”

Pope, Rabbi Skorka join effort to promote friendship across faiths

In a video series of the “Make Friends” initiative calling for interreligious dialogue, leaders of numerous religious faiths including Pope Francis and Rabbi Abraham Skorka talk about the importance of reaching out to people in order to achieve peace in the world.

Vatican bank reports $40 million profit in 2016
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- June 13, 2017
In its annual report the Institute for the Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank, made a profit of about $40 million. The institute held assets worth 5.7 billion euros at year’s end, and all of the profits will be turned over to the Holy See, with none being placed in the institute’s reserve account.
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Pope tells Nigerian priests to accept bishop or be suspended
- Catholic News Service, Global Church, Vatican
- June 10, 2017
Pope Francis has demanded obedience from priests in a Nigerian Diocese where the bishop has been unable to take up residence. Nigerian church leaders met Francis to discuss the situation of Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke, who was appointed bishop of Ahiara by then-Pope Benedict XVI in 2012, but has been rejected by the clergy because he is not from the diocese.
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Vatican, Georgetown provide resources on interreligious dialogue
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- June 9, 2017
The interviews from the three part film, “The Leaven of Good,” marking the 50th anniversary of “Nostra Aetate” and promoted by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, will find a home in the online portal of Washington’s Georgetown University.
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