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Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington named Colin Disch the new head football coach. Disch served as an assistant coach for the past three years, first coaching the offensive and defensive lines and then as defensive coordinator. Disch replaces Del Smith who will become defensive coordinator for the Bridgewater College Eagles. “Colin Disch has demonstrated […]
Schools
By Briana Florez
Late March’s unseasonable winter weather didn’t faze musicians from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax as they traveled to Williamsburg to perform at “Fiesta-val 2015.” With upbeat, can-do attitudes, the musicians earned first place trophies in the choir, band and string ensemble categories. Paul VI’s choir earned such superior scores that they captured the […]
Global
By Carol Glatz and Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will visit Cuba in September before his trip to the United States. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters April 22 that the pope has “received and accepted the invitation from the civil authorities and bishops of Cuba” and has decided to visit the island before going to the […]
Movies
A true story involving artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II provides the basis for this intriguing dramatization, directed by Simon Curtis. The lady of the title is, in fact, the 1907 masterpiece “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). Decades after it and a trio of Klimt’s other […]
Local
By Katie Scott
Yohanser Contreras grew up in Pedro Santana, a small village in the Dominican Republic, with no running water, spotty electricity and no telephone service. Limited opportunities for employment in the village often led to pervasive poverty and alcoholism. But Pedro Santana also was where Contreras grew strong in his Catholic faith and felt the life-changing […]
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By Katie Scott
DAR Constitution Hall in Washington momentarily sounded like an African forest last Friday night. Jane Goodall – the famed English primatologist, anthropologist, conservationist and humanitarian – preceded her April 17 lecture with a loud chimpanzee call, a greeting she’d mastered during her years observing wild chimps. The audience responded in delight with a round of […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Rome’s retired chief rabbi, who played a key role in fostering closer ties between Jews and Catholics, died April 19 at the age of 99. Rabbi Elio Toaff, who would have turned 100 at the end of April, also helped create a historic moment when he invited then-Pope John Paul II to […]
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By Elliot Williams
VATICAN CITY – On a movie set in Hollywood, Scott Borgman was hooking a camera to the bottom of a vintage car when he told a fellow key-grip about his decision to go to France and enter the seminary. “He stopped what he was doing, put the tools down, and said, ‘Scott, I think that […]
Global
By Gregory A. Shemitz
CARLE PLACE, N.Y. – Paul Cartier, an organist at Our Lady of Hope Church in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, finds himself in sports heaven at this time of the year. In addition to his parish duties, Cartier plays the organ for Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and the National Hockey League’s New York […]
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