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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the place where his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, created the world’s first Nativity scene. “He wanted to visit the sanctuary and places where St. Francis, on Christmas Eve in 1223, represented the first living Nativity in history,” Bishop Domenico Pompili of Rieti told ANSA, […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Janis Clarke loves to sing. She sings at parish missions, carols in the streets and sometimes even in convenience stores. During the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Clarke, a consecrated virgin and singing evangelist, is on a mission to bring God’s mercy to the hearts of all who will listen, and she is doing it one […]
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The Virginia Catholic Conference – the public policy agency of the commonwealth’s Catholic bishops and their two dioceses – will pursue the following initiatives during the 2016 Virginia General Assembly session, which convenes for 60 days beginning Jan. 13. The conference’s agenda was formulated in consultation with its education and respect life, health and social […]
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By Katie Scott
Generalizations abound about millennials – arguably the new year’s trendiest demographic to scrutinize. They are tech-savvy and self-centered, ambitious and idealistic. According to the Pew Research Center, millennials (roughly those ages 19-35) are the largest living generation and the most racially diverse in American history. They also are linked by social media, laden with debt […]
Arts
By Catholic News Service
Loosely based on the life of Joy Mangano, inventor of the self-wringing “Miracle Mop” and a cable television sensation, this madcap tale about a dysfunctional family hoping to hit the big time is written and directed by David O. Russell. Jennifer Lawrence plays the divorced mother of two who struggles mightily to keep a roof […]
National
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON – The annual March for Life, set for Jan. 22, will convene in a new location in the nation’s capital for the traditional midday rally. Because of the ongoing refurbishment of the National Mall and strict new regulations that require temporary flooring to protect the grass, the rally has been moved from the West […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Upset that their parents (James Brolin and Dianne Wiest) are selling their childhood home, two grown but immature siblings (Amy Poehler and Tina Fey) try to relive their glory years by holding a wild party for their friends from high school in the now-emptied house. While one revives her feud with an old enemy (Maya […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
The run-up to the financial crisis that began in 2007 provides the backdrop for director and co-writer Adam McKay’s ensemble dramatization – based on the real events recounted in Michael Lewis’ 2010 book – about a handful of individuals who foresaw the collapse of America’s housing market. Despite virtually universal opposition from clients and colleagues, […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
A sprawling, occasionally comic, hugely self-indulgent and long (183 minutes, including an intermission) vengeance tale best enjoyed only by Quentin Tarantino’s most ardent fans. When the characters, trapped in a rustic Wyoming hostelry in a blizzard, finish some of the dullest dialogue ever put on celluloid, they usually spring into unexpectedly grotesque violence only because […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
A wilderness survival drama, directed and co-written by Alejandro Inarritu, based on the life of Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), an explorer and fur trader in the American West of the 1820s. On an expedition up the Missouri River led by a military captain (Domhnall Gleeson), Glass is attacked by a grizzly bear. Lying near death, […]
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