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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON — Wally Yonamine was a trailblazer in the world of sports, much like Jackie Robinson. Yonamine, a Hawaiian-born Catholic of Japanese descent, became the first Japanese-American to play professional football, spending the 1947 season — the year Robinson broke U.S. baseball’s color barrier — playing running back and defensive back for the San Francisco […]
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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Just as St. Paul and the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel advised in their time, “we cannot fail to warn our brothers and sisters when a fundamental error has been made,” said Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services. “We would be held responsible for that error, if we […]
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By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – Rosary in hand, Tom Pottratz surveyed the throng gathered for the opening Mass of the annual March for Life Jan. 21 at the Basilica of National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. What he saw gave him a sense of satisfaction. Mixed among the crowd were more than 1,000 people, many of them of […]
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By Barb Fraze
WASHINGTON – Haitian Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot was known as a humble man who was close to the poor in the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. Archbishop Miot, 63, was among tens of thousands of Haitians who died in the Jan. 12 earthquake. For years he served as president of the Haitian bishops’ justice and peace commission, […]
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By John P. Mccarthy
NEW YORK – More contemplative and lyrical than advertised, the first big action movie of 2010 incorporates religious faith and Judeo-Christian principles to a surprising degree. Directed by twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes, “The Book of Eli” (Warner Bros.) prompts the question whether, assuming a minimum level of respect, the attempt to integrate religion […]
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By Nora Hammerman
It is hard these days to get up close to the originals of the marble statues of the Virgin Mary by Michelangelo, one of the greatest (and outside Italy, rarest) of all Catholic artists. Ever since his youthful “Pieta” in the Vatican was assaulted by a vandal in 1972, a Plexiglas shield has been in […]
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By Dave Borowski
The town of White Post is about 70 miles west of Arlington and sits between Winchester and Front Royal in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley. Its relative isolation makes it the perfect site for a place of reflection, prayer and meditation. The San Damiano Spiritual Life Center in White Post officially opens its doors Jan. 15, […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
“Do you have enough? Because I’m even boring myself.” She wasn’t serious, of course – not really. Thérèse Bermpohl, the 48-year-old director of the Office for Family Life, was just doing what she does best: keeping it real. It’s her gift to point out the obvious, she said, only semi-laughing, as she reflected on her […]
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By Fr. Paul De Ladurantaye
“Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit” (Jn 3:5). “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I […]
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By Dave Borowski
If it’s Advent, the Daughters of St. Paul choir is travelling around the eastern United States giving Christmas concerts and delighting audiences at parishes and schools. The choir has been performing for 15 years, but this was their first stop in the Arlington Diocese. They were welcomed by an enthusiastic audience ready for a Christmas […]
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