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By Christopher Gunty
A young scavenger left on the desolate planet Jakku and a reluctant Storm Trooper find their fates intertwined as they learn about the light and dark sides of the Force in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the seventh episode in the popular movie series, and the first of a new trilogy. It’s 30 years after […]
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It is with great joy that I join so many Catholic Christians and people of good will around the world in celebrating the news of the approval of a second miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which prepares the path for her canonization. This woman of great mercy brought the […]
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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, thus paving the way for her canonization. Pope Francis signed the decree for Blessed Teresa’s cause and advanced three other sainthood causes Dec. 17, the Vatican announced. Although the date for the canonization ceremony will be officially […]
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The real-life events that helped inspire Herman Melville’s classic 1851 novel Moby-Dick become the basis for a polished and exciting adventure directed by Ron Howard. As the novelist (Ben Whishaw) interviews the last survivor (Brendan Gleeson) of an ill-fated 1820 whaling expedition out of Nantucket, Massachusetts, the old salt (played in youth by Tom Holland) […]
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By Katie Scott
The comfort of solidarity amid pain and the peace of encountering Christ’s grace were the focus of the first Arlington diocesan Mass for families suffering from infertility, infant loss and miscarriage Dec. 12 at St. Timothy Church in Chantilly. “We remember in our pain that Jesus walks every day of our lives with us, in […]
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Bishop O’Connell High School defeated Bishop Ireton High School 51-35. The game was played Dec. 13 in Alexandria.
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Holiday horror reigns as one suburban family’s strident quarreling not only quashes the true spirit of Christmas, but unleashes Santa’s evil counterpart, a monster bent on annihilating the naughty. The titular fiend’s rampage is triggered when an innocent lad (Emjay Anthony), driven to despair by the selfishness of his dysfunctional clan (led by Adam Scott […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
Mary Susan Burnett-Miller was reading a laundromat magazine while on vacation when she first learned about organizations like Laundry Love. Years prior in Ventura, Calif., a group of people asked a homeless man named T-Bone how they could serve him. “If I had clean clothes I think people would treat me like a human being,” […]
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By Sarah Rushforth
Students of Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria welcomed author John Bul Dau last month to speak on his book, God Grew Tired of Us. The work is an autobiography recounting Dau’s trek across Ethiopia and Kenya with a band of other children following the onset of Sudan’s civil war in 1987. Dau’s visit was […]
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By Katie Scott
Nearly record-setting high temperatures Dec. 12 made for a sunshine-cloaked Nativity scene outside St. Timothy Church in Chantilly. At one of the Christmas Eve vigil Masses, Fr. Gerald Weymes, pastor, will place the missing centerpiece – the Infant Jesus – onto the white blanket.
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