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By Catholic News Service
HAVANA – With Havana Harbor’s bright blue waters and a trio of vintage U.S. cars parked along the Malecon framing the scene, Secretary of State John Kerry officially reopened the U.S. Embassy in Cuba Aug. 14, marking the end of more than 54 years of fractured diplomatic relations. Since the United States broke off diplomatic […]
Local
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde celebrated Mass to welcome seminarians and their families at St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax Aug. 1. Following Mass, a picnic lunch was served, hosted by the Serra Club and the Knights of Columbus. In his homily (see page 8), Bishop Loverde asked the families to pray for those […]
Local
By Eileen Curren
The Art Honor Society of Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax recently donated a series of original paintings to Sunrise Senior Living in Fair Oaks. The series of five paintings were presented by Paul VI art students to Sunrise residents and installed in a gathering room at Sunrise. Students involved in the project included: […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Glum origin story, drawn from the Marvel Comics series, recounts how a quartet of youthful science enthusiasts – Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Toby Kebbell – working under the sponsorship of a wealthy research institute (represented by Reg E. Cathey), develops a machine capable of transporting people to a previously unknown dimension. […]
National
By Lou Baldwin
PHILADELPHIA – Christianity may be thriving around the world, but it is under severe attack and threatened with extinction in the Middle East, the region of its birth. This was a major theme at the recent 133rd Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in Philadelphia. It was stressed at a news conference with Supreme […]
Local
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – The Older Americans Act, under which millions of Americans have enjoyed services in nutrition, health and employment, turned 50 July 14 with little fanfare. The programs funded under the act – such as Meals on Wheels, senior centers, health screenings, adult day care, respite services, transportation services, elder abuse prevention and a long-term […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Co-writers and -directors Mark Burton and Richard Starzak use stop-action clay animation to craft an endearing feature about the madcap adventures of a wooly English flock. Unfolding without dialogue, yet filled with puns, the film follows the eponymous young ram (voice of Justin Fletcher) as he persuades his barnyard buddies to take a day off […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
In this low-budget exorcism flick, a young woman (Olivia Taylor Dudley) possessed by the Antichrist himself wreaks havoc on her family – Dougray Scott plays her gruff, devout dad – and on the clergymen (Michael Pena, Djimon Hounsou and Peter Andersson) trying to assist her. Though its lurid title attempts to mask bad plotting and […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Wretched revival of the comedy franchise that began with 1983’s “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” In an effort to shake up his family’s summer routine, the now-grown son (Ed Helms) of the original outing embarks with his wife (Christina Applegate) and quarrelsome kids (Skyler Gisondo and Steele Stebbins) on a road trip to the same California amusement […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
At an inch or so over five feet and weighing, I would guess, something on the underside of 100 pounds, Sister Winnie, a soft spoken Filipina, is not your typical dinner speaker. Yet a few weeks ago she held a room full of Washingtonians spellbound with her story — which is also the story of […]
