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By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: I have always been troubled by the story of Our Lord and the Canaanite woman who asks Jesus to cure her daughter, and he calls her a “dog.” Can you help me understand this? (Leesburg) A: The passage in question occurs in Matthew 15:21-28. Our Lord is approached by a gentile Canaanite woman (also […]
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Disturbing fact-based account of a gang of high school students who targeted their favorite stars and burgled the celebrities’ homes, stealing clothing, jewelry, and cash to fill their own closets and pockets. Five teens (Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga and Claire Julien) crave the A-list lifestyle, and so decide to steal the […]
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Sometimes funny, but relentlessly foul-mouthed buddy comedy pairing uptight FBI agent Sandra Bullock with scruffy, rule-averse Boston police officer Melissa McCarthy. As this odd couple work to bring down a drug lord, their squabbling is predictably transformed into friendship. Director Paul Feig gains some traction from McCarthy’s wild riffs at the expense of stiff straight-man […]
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Director Roland Emmerich, who previously laid waste to our nation’s capital in “Independence Day” and “2012” does so yet again in this fast-paced thriller about domestic terrorists who take over the executive mansion. A security officer (Channing Tatum) heads to the White House for a Secret Service job interview, bringing his politically obsessed young daughter […]
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This 3-D animated prequel to the 2001 hit “Monsters, Inc.,” directed by Dan Scanlon, features a hilarious sendup of college life. It also reinforces familiar but important messages for young people (and their parents): Make friends, study hard, and apply your unique talents for the greater good. Two best pals (voices of Billy Crystal and […]
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Zombies swarm the planet, and a United Nations troubleshooter (Brad Pitt) learns that the only defenses are guns, knives, duct tape and perhaps a vaccine. Loose adaptation of Max Brooks’ novel by director Marc Foster and screenwriters Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard and Damon Lindelof respectfully observes all the cliches of the zombie/pandemic genres without […]
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By Katie Collins
He treasured the Mass and helped counsel, console and inspire hundreds of seminarians during his 46 years as a priest. So it was fitting that at the funeral Mass for Father Ronald S. Gillis June 25 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington nearly 50 priests, along with a church filled with lives […]
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By Katie Bahr
For Michael Horne, what began as a career in the entertainment industry has turned into a life caring for those in need of mental health services. As the program director for Catholic Charities in Fredericksburg, Horne now spends his days counseling people with depression, stress, addictions or marital problems in one of the most underserved […]
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By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service
OLD MILL CREEK, Ill. – The shell of the new St. Raphael the Archangel Church is up in Old Mill Creek, but this is not just any new parish building under construction. It includes the facade of the now-demolished St. John of God Church from Chicago’s South Side and will include the interior of another […]
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Action adventure recounting the life of iconic comic book hero Superman (Henry Cavill). Born on distant Krypton, as an infant his parents (Russell Crowe and Ayelet Zurer) send him to Earth so that he can escape his doomed home planet’s imminent destruction. His adoptive human parents (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane) instill positive values and […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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