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Author Tom Rob Smith’s novel about a serial killer stalking boys in the Stalinist-era Soviet Union – where, for ideological reasons, such crimes could not be officially acknowledged to exist – has the makings of an intriguing film. Unfortunately, director Daniel Espinosa and screenwriter Richard Price get bogged down in details, subplots and stereotyped apparatchiks […]
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By Christine Stoddard
As Nepal works to recover from its April 25 earthquake, Catholics from the Arlington Diocese and beyond rally in support. Charitable organizations have united to provide food, medical services and other forms of relief for victims and their families. At press time, more than 7,200 are reported killed, with more than 14,000 injured, as a […]
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The life of Marie Heurtin (1885-1921), often called the “French Helen Keller,” is dramatized in this joyous film, directed by Jean-Pierre Ameris. Born deaf and blind and wholly unable to connect to the world around her, by the age of 14, Marie (portrayed by deaf actress Ariana Rivoire) is a feral creature, prone to wild […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
A beautiful spring day was the backdrop for May crowning and the anniversary of the church’s dedication at St. William of York Church in Stafford, the first time the two events have fallen on the same day. The church was dedicated 59 years ago – May 6, 1956 – by Richmond Bishop Peter L. Ireton. […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
The Asian and Pacific Island Catholics for Mary 13th Annual Pilgrimage drew around 1,000 people to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington May 2. The Mass began with opening remarks from Msgr. Walter R. Rossi, who asked the faithful to pray for victims of the recent earthquake in Nepal. […]
Arts
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Morgan Atkinson’s new documentary on Thomas Merton, the famed Trappist monk from the Cistercian abbey in Gethsemani, Ky., was “40 years in the making,” he joked. Actually, it was closer to two, but it was Atkinson’s own pilgrimage to Gethsemani 40 years ago that not only broadened his exposure to Merton, but led […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – People seem to enjoy finding the shortcomings of candidates for sainthood like Blessed Junípero Serra, but they should ask themselves if they would have his generosity and courage to leave everything behind to care for the poor and bring them the Gospel, Pope Francis said. Visiting the Pontifical North American College, the […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
When Pope Francis comes to the United States in late September, chances are good that he will arrive in the middle of a bitter, highly politicized national debate on same-sex marriage and religious liberty. That suggests several large questions for the papal visit. Should the pope say anything about these high-voltage issues? Given the circumstances, […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – A Christian marriage isn’t just a big ceremony held in a church with nice flowers and everyone wearing fancy clothes and taking lots of pictures, Pope Francis said. Marriage is an act of faith between a man and woman who are both fragile and limited, but courageous enough to follow Christ and […]
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