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By Mary Tillotson
Most Catholics won’t be able to answer every objection to the faith by quoting the Bible, but they can share the joy of the Gospel, Scott Hahn told a crowd of 500 people at a summer conference hosted by Christendom College in Front Royal July 11. The conference was entitled “Encountering Christ: Apologetics and the […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Imagine being separated from your child for months or years, knowing they lived in a place with one of the highest homicide rates in the world, while you lived thousands of miles away. Such is the plight of the 17 parents who gathered at 80 N. Glebe Rd. the morning of July 8 to complete […]
Arts
By Christine Stoddard
For a family-friendly spectacle that promotes the value of faith, “Peter Pan,” is presented by Herrick Entertainment and Threesixty Entertainment at Tysons Corner through Aug. 16. Directed by London’s own Thom Southerland, “Peter Pan” enchants the audience with its high-tech theater-in-the-round and energetic performances from the entire cast. The show’s first standout feature is its […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Does Henry Higgins hold the key to settling the same-sex marriage debate? Not quite. But in the wake of the Supreme Court decision declaring a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, it’s well worth considering what Higgins has to tell us. In “My Fair Lady,” Professor Higgins sings a song called “Why Can’t a Woman Be […]
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By Catholic News Service
MEXICO CITY – Bishops across Mexico expressed incredulity with the escape of the country’s most notorious inmate and said it showed the complicity of public officials with drug cartels and the depth of corruption in the country. Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman slipped out of a maximum-security prison – for the second time in […]
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By Christine Stoddard
“We can all sprinkle pixie dust and make Congress useful – or somewhat useful – but that means nothing without a paradigm shift,” said Mary Leary, a law professor at Catholic University in Washington during the morning plenary at the 2015 Conference on Human Trafficking, “Answering Pope Francis’ Call: An American Catholic Response to Modern-day […]
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By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The Holy See welcomed Iran’s historic nuclear deal and expressed hopes that more future breakthroughs be on the horizon on other issues. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said that “the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program is viewed in a positive light by the Holy See.” “It constitutes an important outcome […]
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By Julia Willis
Although most Arlington WorkCamp participants leave everything familiar to serve the needy in Shenandoah County, one local family volunteered their time and talents as a unit by sending 16 individuals to take part in WorkCamp 2015 June 22-26. Eleven adults and five youths from the extended Gordon-Konopa-McClure-Smith family combined their love of service with a […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ASUNCION, Paraguay – With almost every step Pope Francis takes on his foreign trips and with his every embrace, he pleads for dialogue and inclusion. His denunciations of a “throwaway culture” – cultures in which certain people and most material goods are deemed disposable – are passionate and well-explained in his speeches and writings. But […]
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