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Catholics in Norway hail Nobel Prize for writer-convert
Church leaders in Norway have welcomed the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Jon Fosse, a Catholic convert, predicting the honour could raise Catholicism’s profile in the traditionally Protestant country. Source: OSV News.
Catholic college band wins national people’s choice award
M22, a Christian music band from a Melbourne Catholic school, has taken out the Christian Media & Arts Australia Artist of the Year – People’s Choice Award. Source: MACS.
Artist draws on faith as source of inspiration
Drawing on faith as a source of inspiration was behind Tasmanian artist Catherine Sandric’s recent art exhibition in Hobart. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Laudato Si’ documentary to premiere on US television
Pope Francis is getting more non-Catholics to do his work in caring for the environment. The latest is Nicolas Brown, who directed a documentary on the Pope’s 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home. Source: CNS.
Film adaptation of Parable of the Sower reaps rousing result
Loud and sustained applause followed the Brisbane premiere screening of The Midnight Sower, a modern-day film adaptation of the Parable of the Sower found in the Gospels. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Father Stu KOs swearing and religious profanity
An edited version of Mark Wahlberg’s latest Catholic film, Father Stu, is being released next month with the aim of widening the audience to include more families with children. Source: CNA.