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Headlines for the week ending December 20, 2019:

• “The Crown” and the Primacy of Grace | Word on Fire
• Jack Black says he might retire after 'Jumanji: The Next Level'
• The Home Alone reboot casts Jojo Rabbit star Archie Yates
• Lord of the Rings TV Series Adds Another Star
• Disney 'missed out on $2.7m in revenue due to lack of Baby Yoda toys'
• Church Unearthed in Ethiopia Rewrites the History of Christianity in Africa
• Lord of the Rings TV Series Reportedly Casts Young Galadriel
• The Far Side is officially online for the first time, with new comics to come – The Verge

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Headlines for the week ending December 13, 2019:

• New NASA human spaceflight leader calls SLS “mandatory” for return to the moon – SpaceNews.com
• RIP Star Trek Writer D.C. Fontana, 1939-2019
• Remembering René Auberjonois, Deep Space Nine's Odo, Dead at 79
• IKEA Designed the Interior of a Mars Habitat
• Terminally ill Star Wars Superfan gets special advanced screening of 'The Rise of Skywalker' with his son
• The Vatican Now Has an Official Minecraft Server You Can Play On | uCatholic

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Headlines for the week ending December 6, 2019:

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson Wants to Direct The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode
• Interest in Tesla’s Cybertruck grows as preorders reach 250,000 – BGR
• Star Trek: Picard Reveals Picard's New First Officer
• Netflix cancels its Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival | Ars Technica
• Instagram's cofounder flew all the way to Rome to set up the Pope's account
• 'Planet of the Apes' series to be rebooted by 'Maze Runner' director

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Headlines for the week ending November 22, 2019:

• What 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Wheat Tells Us About the Genetics of Bread
• Critics blast a proposal to curb climate change by halting population growth
• New technology shows Norway's Stave Churches are older than believed — Aleteia
• Teenage boy devotes last months of his life to the poor — Aleteia
• Noah Hawley to Write and Direct Next ‘Star Trek’ Movie – SFGate
• Lenny Henry and Stephen Fry confirmed for 'major roles' in 'Doctor Who' series 12
• Great news just dropped for the new LoTR series
• Humans put into suspended animation for first time | Science | The Guardian
• Venerable Fulton Sheen to be beatified in December

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Headlines for the week ending November 15, 2019:

• The Universe May Be Round
• Apple Commits $2.5 Billion Towards Tackling California Housing Crisis – The Mac Observer
• Bottles of Bordeaux Headed to the International Space Station for Aging Experiment | Food & Wine
• Disney CEO Explains He's Not Disappointed With STAR WARS, But Feels That "Less Is More" — GeekTyrant
• Voyager 2 Leaves Solar System | Mental Floss
• George Lucas changed Han Solo’s scene with Greedo in Star Wars, Disney confirms – The Verge
• Eating Turkey Doesn’t Make You Tired | Mental Floss
• Make Sure You Know These 6 Facts About the Newest Marian Feast Day – EpicPew

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Headlines for the week ending November 8, 2019:

• NASA shares details of lunar surface missions—and they’re pretty cool | Ars Technica
• Dead Theologians Society: The ‘memento mori’ youth group
• Apple is reportedly working with Valve on a totally new type of product like nothing we’ve seen
• Disney+ will have to run ads for Starz to get Star Wars licenses back | TalkAndroid.com
• Fantastic Beasts 3 Set in Brazil, Expands Jessica Williams Role
• How the Catholic Church helped create postal services–Aleteia

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Headlines for the week ending November 1, 2019:

• UNESCO, United Arab Emirates pledge to rebuilt Christian churches in Mosul, Iraq–Aleteia
• 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' is outselling ticket sales of 'Avengers: Endgame' by 45%
• Pope declares Vatican's Secret Archive not so secret anymore – ABC News
• The Force won’t be with them: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss exit Star Wars | Ars Technica
• The Mandalorian Trailer Breakdown: Beskar and Battle Droids

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Headlines for the week ending October 25, 2019:

• Harry Potter Subscription Wizarding World Gold Is Here | Mental Floss
• Why a Computer Will Never Be Truly Conscious
• In the Philippines, the soon-to-be tallest statue of the Virgin Mary in the world is about to be ready
• Google confirms ‘quantum supremacy’ breakthrough – The Verge
• Apple Pay surpasses Starbucks as the most popular platform in America, per report
• Rian Johnson says that his 'Star Wars' trilogy is happening after all

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Headlines for the week ending October 18, 2019:

• The Reason Why No Photography is Allowed in the Sistine Chapel | Mental Floss
• As NASA tries to land on the Moon, it has plenty of rockets to choose from | Ars Technica
• New Advent: Microsoft is releasing a new Flight Simulator in 2020, and it’s nothing short of incredible
• Business@CUA: Former Swiss Guard: My Most Powerful Weapon
• These are the spacesuits for the first woman and next man on the moon – CNN
• Pope Francis Tweeted His Support for the New Orleans Saints | Time

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Headlines for the week ending October 11, 2019:

• Just How Feasible is a Warp Drive? – Universe Today
• Opera singer Andrea Bocelli and Pope Francis make surprise visit to shelter for troubled youth
• Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail previews the 'sentimental, reflective' final season
• Doctor Who lost Dalek episode has been recreated and will be released – Radio Times
• 'Stranger Things' Season 4 spoilers: 3 new locations teased in the trailer | Inverse
• Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige developing 'Star Wars' film – Houston Chronicle

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Headlines for the week ending October 4, 2019:

• Why The Latest Indiana Jones 5 News Has Us Really Worried
• Virgin Atlantic Rolls Out 'Star Wars Galaxy Edge' Special Livery
• Neill, Dern, and Goldblum are all coming back for Jurassic World 3
• Half of U.S. Households Subscribe to Netflix – The Mac Observer
• Spider-Man Staying in Marvel Cinematic Universe – Variety
• Pope urges Silicon Valley to avoid slide toward new "barbarism"

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Headlines for the week ending September 27, 2019:

• Chick-fil-A employee hailed a hero for saving a man's life: 'God placed me' there | Fox News
• Doctor Who Star Christopher Eccleston Bravely Reveals Battles With Anorexia, Depression
• Podcast app Pocket Casts is now available for free, with an optional $0.99 subscription – TechCrunch
• 'The Far Side' May Be Making a Comeback Online | Mental Floss
• Bedridden Woman Healed at Knock Shrine in First-Ever Approved Miracle by Irish Bishops | ChurchPOP

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Headlines for the week ending September 20, 2019:

• Johnny Cash remained devoted to his faith despite drug woes, was nearly killed by an ostrich, book reveals
• The secret to miraculous preservation of a Dead Sea Scroll could be salt coating | Ars Technica
• Virgin Galactic Space Flight | Richard Branson Space Company
• The Man Behind Mr. Robot Is Bringing Battlestar Galactica Back [Updated]
• The Constitution and the Enterprise: It's Been Quite a Trek
• Lord of the Rings Show Filming Location Revealed: New Zealand

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Headlines for the week ending September 13, 2019:

• The Suicide Squad casts Peter Capaldi in mystery role – Radio Times
• Netflix Bringing Lost in Space Season 2 and More to New York Comic Con
• CBS All Access wraps filming on Star Trek: Picard
• Android 10 officially released for Google Pixel phones
• India's Space Program Owes Its Start to One Small Parish | Flashback | OZY

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Headlines for the week ending September 7, 2019:

• 'Tantalizing clue' marks end of Amelia Earhart expedition
• Star Trek: Michael Dorn Thinks His Worf Show Would Fit In Well With New Era of Star Trek Television
• Astronomers find bizarre planet 'unlike any other discovered so far' – CNET
• Lego Is Finally Introducing Audio and Braille Building Instructions for the Visually Impaired
• Duolingo helps history nerds learn Latin
• Pope Francis Gets Stuck in Vatican Elevator, Thanks Firefighters for Rescuing Him

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Headlines for the week ending August 30, 2019:

• Sony Pictures: ‘We Are Disappointed’ by Disney’s Divorce on Marvel – Variety
• Is Bond 25's title No Time to Die really as clichéd as it seems? – Radio Times
• Five Companies Using Virtual Reality To Improve The Lives Of Senior Citizens
• The oldest continuously operating library in the world is in this Egyptian monastery.
• Archdiocese to break ground for Bl. Stanley Rother shrine in November
• Disney's D23 Expo: The Seven Biggest Takeaways | GQ

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Headlines for the week ending August 23, 2019:

• The Wheel of Time TV Show Cast Revealed: Rand, Perrin, Mat, and More | Tor.com
• A scientific breakthrough at the Florida Aquarium could save America's 'Great Barrier Reef' – CNN
• Jon Favreau Unveils 'Star Wars' Series 'The Mandalorian,' Marvel Plans and a New Venture | Hollywood Reporter
• Apple TV+ Has Announced Its Release Date Time Frame and Target Price, Plus a List of the Streamer's Headliner Series — GeekTyrant
• How a King’s Magnificent Dedication to the Virgin Mary Became a National Holiday in Hungary

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Headlines for the week ending August 16, 2019:

• Knights of Columbus announce groundbreaking of St Kateri shrine
• Brewing Monks: A List of the World’s Monastic Beers – Building Catholic Culture
• No More Screen Time! The Navy Reverts to Physical Throttles | WIRED
• CBS/Viacom merger could see Star Trek and Mission: Impossible developments
• Apple’s tap-to-use student IDs let pupils buy food and badge into their dorms – The Verge
• Finding Amelia Earhart’s Plane Seemed Impossible. Then Came a Startling Clue. – The New York Times
• J.D. Vance Becomes Catholic | The American Conservative