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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 […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has appointed two Catholics to his third Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Kevin Ryan, CEO and president of Covenant House International, and Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at The Catholic University in Washington, were among the 18 appointed announced Sept. 24. […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Generally affable comedy about a bored retiree (Robert De Niro) who enrolls in an online clothing retailer’s internship program for senior citizens. Assigned to assist the firm’s hard-driving founder (Anne Hathaway), who initially views him as little more than a nuisance, he works to prove his professional worth, while finding romance with the company’s in-house […]
National
By Lou Baldwin
PHILADELPHIA – The major relics of St. Maria Goretti, known as the “patroness of purity,” are on a “pilgrimage of mercy” in the United States this fall. It the first time that her body has been in the United States. Before the relics are scheduled to be flown back to Italy Nov. 13, they will […]
Local
A Mass for the 25th anniversary of Arlington Healing Ministry will be celebrated at St. Anthony Church, 3305 Glen Carlyn Rd., Falls Church, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. Fathers Jeb Donelan, Tuck Grinnell, David Martin and John Melmer will concelebrate the Mass. Arlington Healing Ministry follows the call of Jesus to heal the whole person […]
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