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By Nicole Pellicano
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican opened the Gift of Mercy, a shelter for homeless men, just a few hundred yards away from St. Peter’s Square. Housed in a Jesuit-owned building, the shelter was created by and is run with funds from the papal almoner, who has taken a variety of initiatives to assist the homeless […]
Global
By Beth Griffin
UNITED NATIONS – In the warm afterglow of Pope Francis’ Sept 25 address to the General Assembly, veteran United Nations observers drew a starkly candid road map of urgent actions that the world body must take to achieve its security agenda. Speakers at an Oct. 7 side event hosted by the Holy See’s permanent observer […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Those uninterested in the news coverage of Pope Francis’ U.S. visit might have ditched the front page and turned to other sections of the newspaper for a break. Not likely. Patrick McDonnell, creator of the “Mutts” comic strip that appears in 700 newspapers, used the week of Sept. 21 – the week of […]
Local
Abortion facilities in Alexandria, Falls Church and Virginia Beach will be the sites of 40 Days for Life campaigns through Nov. 1. 40 Days for Life is a worldwide pro-life effort that includes prayer and fasting, peaceful vigils and community outreach. More than 650,000 volunteers in 30 countries have participated in 40 Days for Life. […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
The Metro Transit Police Honor Guard steadily marched up the center aisle of St. Agnes Church in Arlington Oct. 3, signaling the start of the diocese’s annual Blue Mass. For the past 12 years, police and public safety officials have come together to pray for their fallen and receive special prayers for their safety from […]
National
By Tony Gutierrez
PHOENIX – Catholic men must reclaim and live the virtue of Christian masculinity, Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted says in his newly released apostolic exhortation, “Into the Breach.” Addressed to Catholic men in the diocese – “my spiritual sons” as the bishop calls them – it charges them to be prepared for spiritual battle for […]
Arts
By Catholic News Service
This somber fact-based crime drama, adapted from the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, chronicles the rise and fall of notorious Boston kingpin James “Whitey” Bulger (an intense Johnny Depp). Motivated by a misguided sense of ethnic and neighborhood loyalty, a childhood acquaintance-turned-FBI agent (Joel Edgerton) engineers an unlikely alliance between the bureau and […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Formidable fact-based drama about the disastrous 1996 ascent of Mount Everest by two mountaineering teams: one led by the New Zealand climber (Jason Clarke) who pioneered commercial expeditions in the Himalayas, the other by a freewheeling American guide (Jake Gyllenhaal). Aided by a terrific ensemble and first-rate production team, Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur does an […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
As dawn broke over the Capitol on the morning of Sept. 24, dozens of congressional guests waited patiently in chairs on the Upper Terrace to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis. Amidst the friends and family of Congress members were two religious sisters dressed in blue and white. They were Sisters of Life from New […]
Local
Bishop Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri of the Da Nang, Vietnam Diocese celebrated the children’s Mass for more than 600 children at Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Church in Arlington Oct. 3. Before Mass, Bishop Tri blessed a statue of Our Lady of La Vang, patroness of Vietnam. Made out of marble from a quarry in Da […]
