The world’s leading independent Catholic newspaper ‘has long punched above its weight.’

OUR COVER STORY, this week, features 4 short videos from the authors of a major new history of the world’s leading independent Catholic newspaper: The National Catholic Reporter. If you’re following headline news stories in autumn 2024, the timeliness of this new book is obvious. The roles of the Catholic church, Catholic teachings and Catholic culture are all showing up in front-page stories. So, please read about this remarkable new book that, overall, brings a message of “hope” that we all can use in our troubled world right now. And, also, share this story with friends who may want to know about this new book. By taking a moment to share this story via social media or email, you’re helping to spread the good news our writers are producing every week.

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What does it mean to be part of a ‘global conversation’?

IN OUR FRONT EDGE PUBLISHING COLUMN, this week, Shining Brightly author Howard Brown writes about how our community of authors truly is reaching around the world. For example, in this week’s Cover Story (above), we point out that the new NCR book already is being promoted by booksellers from Australia to the UK. In this Front Edge column, Howard highlights the importance of a network he has joined that is broadcasting out of South Africa to connect and empower authors around the world.

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Turning masterpieces of architecture into a landscape of new music

THAT’S THE CREATIVE CHALLENGE COLUMNIST Suzy Farbman writes about this week in her GodSigns column. ‘Albert Kahn,’ a newly composed piano sonata recently debuted at Detroit’s iconic Fisher Building along with huge projected images of many of Kahn’s designs.

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Holidays & Observances

Remembering 9/11—

JOURNALIST and AUTHOR BILL TAMMEUS writes about marking the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001. This year’s column is headlined “The failure behind 9/11 continues to produce a broken world.” Bill writes about this observance, each year, from the viewpoint of a family member of a loved one who perished that day. To read more of Bill’s reflections on the legacy of 9/11—including Bill’s powerful recommendations for “unplugging” extremism in America—get a copy of his memoir, Love, Loss and Endurance.

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Equinox, Mabon

HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS columnist Stephanie Fenton writes about the traditions of welcoming fall by marking Mabon or the Equinox.

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Already planning for Rosh Hashana 5785?

HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS columnist Stephanie Fenton looks ahead to the Jewish High Holidays coming in less than a month from now.

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WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS? It’s easy to find our annual calendar of global observances. Just remember the web address: InterfaithHolidays.com

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Faith & Film

ED McNULTY, for decades, has published reviews, magazine articles and books exploring connections between faith and film. Most of his work is freely published. Ed supports his work by selling the Visual Parables Journal, a monthly magazine packed with film reviews and discussion guides. This resource is used nationwide by individuals who love the movies and by educators, clergy and small-group leaders.

Here are some of Ed’s most recent free reviews and columns:

• SCOOP—Faith-and-film critic Ed McNulty says this is a powerful dramatization of the British TV journalists who brought Prince Andrew to the BBC in 2019, talking about his experiences with child predator Jeffrey Epstein.
• AM I RACIST?—Ed warns viewers against what he describes as a deeply troubling film that currently is making the rounds across the U.S.
• THE BEAR—Ed writes about why The Bear has become such a beloved TV series.
• CHESLEY BONESTELL—If you’re a nostalgic fan of science fiction, you’ll definitely want to see this documentary about the remarkable artist who envisioned the far-flung scenes that showed up in many sci-fi classics. Today, Bonestell is known as the “Father of Modern Space Art.”
• WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT—Ed writes, “As Holocaust stories go, this is very mild, and thus a suitable film for introducing children to the subject.”
• GOOD ONE—Ed highly recommends this indie coming-of-age film that unfolds over a hike in upstate New York.
• HAROLD and the PURPLE CRAYON—”Director Carlos Saldanha’s adaptation of the beloved 1955 children’s classic by Crockett Johnson gives us the adult version of the original series about a four-year old and his magical purple crayon who lives inside a book.”
• MY PENGUIN FRIEND—“I love interspecies films such as Fly Away, and Brazilian director David Schurmann’s film is a delightful addition to the genre.”
• SING SING—This inspiring film is based on a true story of prisoners producing an annual theatrical production at Sing Sing prison..

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