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By Catholic News Service
GREENSBURG, Pa. – Seton Hill University in a statement said the school community is “deeply saddened by the tragic bus accident” the morning of March 16 that took the life of the head coach of the women’s lacrosse team and her unborn child, and also killed the driver and injured 13 players. The bus was […]
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The line between reality and cinema is blurred in this powerful but excessively violent drama. The complex plot centers on a borderline-alcoholic screenwriter (Colin Farrell) and two of his friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell). The latter duo have a scam going that involves kidnapping dogs and getting cash rewards for returning them to their […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – A high-profile federal lawsuit accusing Pope Benedict XVI of covering up sexual abuse has been withdrawn. Lawyers for the plaintiff in John Doe 16 v. Holy See filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Feb. 10, bringing the case effectively to an end. The lawsuit was filed in April 2010 in the U.S. […]
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Sprawling, brawling adventure sequel – set in 1891 – in which Robert Downey Jr.’s he-man Holmes and his recently wed sidekick Dr. Watson (Jude Law) battle a conspiracy by evil genius Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) to destabilize European politics and bring on a general war. The iconic pair is aided in their struggle by a […]
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The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington will sponsor “24 Hours for the Lord: 40 Hours Devotion” beginning with the 5:15 p.m. Mass March 3, and continuing through the 5:15 p.m. Mass March 5. Continuous exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be available throughout the devotion, including the overnight hours. […]
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A Mass in thanksgiving for the election of Pope Francis will be held March 19 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, at 12:10 p.m. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States, will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass, which […]
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Dopey horror sequel, based on a series of video games, in which a teen girl (Adelaide Clemens) and her widowed father (Sean Bean) are pestered by demons who reside in the titular ghost town. When Dad disappears, our heroine gains the aid of an admiring school chum (Kit Harington) as she journeys to the haunted […]
Movies
Ethan Hawke plays a famed true-crime writer who moves his wife (Juliet Rylance) and two kids (Michael Hall D’Addario and Clare Foley) from their Connecticut mansion to a rambling Pennsylvania ranch house thinking he can solve an old murder that took place on the property. Instead he finds himself trapped in the vortex of an […]
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By Catholic News Service
SILVER SPRING, Md. – The board of directors of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious has appointed Sister Janet Mock, a Sister of St. Joseph of Baden, Pa., as executive director of the organization, which is based in Silver Spring. Sister Janet, a native of Johnstown, Pa., served as executive director of the Religious Formation […]
National
By Catholic News Service
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. – The mother of slain journalist Marie Colvin told reporters the day after she was killed Feb. 22 in Homs, Syria, that her daughter was “totally committed to what she did.” She knew “the importance of telling the story and writing it and getting it out to the world no matter what. […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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