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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Reinforcing bonds of dialogue and respect with Orthodox leaders and visiting small Catholic communities, Pope Francis will travel to Armenia in late June and to Georgia and Azerbaijan in the fall, the Vatican announced. The Armenia trip June 24-26 comes in response to an invitation from the patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
Father Thomas Byles was 42 when he boarded the Titanic with his second-class ticket and portable altar stone. He had made arrangements with Captain Edward Smith to secure space on the ocean liner to celebrate Mass. Even on vacation a priest is never off duty, he knew, but the Catholic convert would have it no […]
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Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Vienna will host mornings of respite for families that have children with special needs April 30 and May 21, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the school gym, 8601 Wolftrap Rd., Vienna. The sessions will provide a safe environment for special needs children and their siblings, ages 3-12, […]
Schools
Scott Allen, varsity girls’ basketball coach at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, was named Winter All-Met Girls Basketball Coach of the Year by The Washington Post and American Family Insurance All-USA Girls Basketball Coach of the Year. Coach Allen has coached at Paul VI for 14 years. During the 2015-16 season, Allen led […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
After a prison stint for insider trading, a disgraced businesswoman (Melissa McCarthy, who also co-wrote the script) moves in with her former assistant (Kristen Bell) and the secretary’s preteen daughter (Ella Anderson). While minding the youngster, she strikes on the idea of staging a comeback by starting a for-profit version of the Girl Scouts to […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
In the early church, witnesses to the faith who had been persecuted and tortured but not killed were known as “martyr-confessors.” It’s been one of the great privileges of my life to have known such men and women: Czech priests who spent years as slave laborers in uranium mines; Lithuanian priests and nuns condemned to […]
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By Ann M. Augherton
A sign in the lobby of the National Theatre read, “Flashing, strobe lights, loud gunfire and authentic, profane Jersey vocabulary are special effects used in this production of Jersey Boys.” And they were right, the language was colorful, and yes, probably authentic Jersey, but excessive enough to keep young theatre-goers away, not to mention the […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
At 7:30 p.m., the clock chimes bedtime at the home of little Suzie Q. Her parents kneel beside her bed, fold her hands and say a few prayers. They read her The Cat in the Hat and Goodnight Moon. They tuck her into bed, and wait for the inevitable moment when Susie crawls back out […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Catholic Charities’ Center for Adoption Services was founded in 1947. Over the years, the office leased space at various locations in Arlington, finally moving to Burke in 1986. In November, the office moved to new space in Fairfax on Old Lee Highway near Fairfax Circle and has been renamed Pregnancy and Adoption Support. Although […]
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