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By Christine Stoddard
When you see women wearing saris at a Catholic Mass, you might think they are visiting with Catholic friends. But on a sunny April afternoon at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Centreville, families filling the pews were Catholics, not Hindus. “You are a beloved one of God,” said Father Tijo Joy Mullakkara, a Syro-Malabar Catholic […]
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By Russell Shaw
Is it time to revive Catholic triumphalism? On the whole, I’d say yes. At the very least, the question isn’t frivolous and deserves serious consideration. For after several decades during which Catholics have offered repeated apologies for a host of mistakes, sometimes real and sometimes imaginary, the feeling grows that a comparable effort devoted to […]
Arts
Al Pacino plays the aging rock star of the title in writer-director Dan Fogelman’s flat, vaguely fact-based blend of comedy and drama. Bereft at his failure to live up to the model of a true artist, a dereliction highlighted by the belated arrival of a 40-year-old letter to him penned by ex-Beatle John Lennon, the […]
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By Dave Borowski
In 1956, a struggling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus made a shift in venues from tents to arenas that gave new life and popularity to “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Even today with competition from cable TV and the Internet, the show is still a draw. Moving three touring units (Red, Blue and […]
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The Ecumenical Scripture Workshop, sponsored annually by the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (W.Va.) for more than 40 years, will be held at the Priest Field Pastoral Center in Kearneysville, W.Va., June 22-26. The center is located on the northeastern border of the state, about 90 minutes from Baltimore and Washington. Robert Miller from Catholic University in […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
To celebrate the year of consecrated life, the Catholic Herald will release a series of videos on some of the consecrated orders in the Arlington Diocese. The first in this series introduces the lay Dominican chapter at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Great Falls. This lay Fraternity of Dominicans are christians who wish to […]
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By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – In a liturgy marked by joy and gratitude, Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville was ordained as a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington April 20 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. After Communion, Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl presented the new bishop to the assembly, as they sang a hymn […]
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By George Weigel
That Blessed John Henry Newman was one of the great influences on Vatican II is “a commonplace,” as Newman’s biographer, Father Ian Ker, puts it. But what does that mean? What influence did Newman have on a council that opened 72 years after his death? And from this side of history, what might we learn […]
Schools
The crew team of Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington competed with 32 other schools in the Smokey Jacobs Regatta at the Occoquan Reservoir April 18. More than 2,000 rowers competed in 54 events on the 1,500 meter course. The O’Connell team made it to the finals, finishing sixth with a time of 6:-8.230. Photos […]
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By Soren Johnson
Biographies – much like hunting or birdwatching – track elusive prey. So my hopes were set relatively low for The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope by Austen Ivereigh, especially when the media narrative of Pope Francis, the “pope of surprises,” is so often clouded by the trifecta of bias, ignorance […]
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