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By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis seems to describe his life in the Vatican almost as if he were in prison – at least as far as his freedom of movement goes. But that is not the first thing he cites when he talks about what he and prisoners have in common. When visiting a prison, […]
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By Dave Borowski
Five local religious sisters celebrated milestone anniversaries of their religious life at a Jubilarian Mass May 20 at the Chapel of the Sacred Heart at Marymount University in Arlington. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Sisters Irene Cody and Jacqueline (Jackie) Murphy, celebrating 70 and 60 years respectively; Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart […]
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By Mary C. Tillotson | For The Catholic Herald
“Bless this house, which is now to become a home,” said Father Stan Krempa, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Winchester. He closed his prayer book and began sprinkling holy water in the living room, then the kitchen, then the bedrooms, bathrooms, garage and basement at New Eve Maternity Home in Winchester. “Anything […]
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By Dave Borowski
The King’s Men ministry began in 2004 when three men, Tony Luna, Damian Wargo and Mark Houck, talked about chastity after a Philadelphia Theology on Tap meeting. The topic of the evening was Pope John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body,” a series of talks given at weekly Vatican audiences. The speaker for the evening […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – “Mission is a passion for Jesus and at the same time a passion for His people,” Pope Francis said in his message for World Mission Sunday. The two concerns always go hand in hand, He said, because just as a Christian knows others need to hear the Gospel, he or she knows […]
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By Christine Stoddard
The Arlington Diocese participated in the country’s first Hindu-Catholic dialogue overseen by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue May 23 at Durga Hindu Temple in Fairfax Station. PCID President, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, presided as the distinguished guest, with leaders and scholars from both faiths reiterating the need for mutual respect not just in India but […]
Movies
Brittle comedy in which a high-strung police officer (Reese Witherspoon) is assigned to protect the volatile wife (Sofia Vergara) of a drug runner-turned-government-witness. But the gangster is gunned down in a plot involving corrupt cops (most prominently Michael Mosley and Matthew Del Negro), forcing the ill-suited pair to go on the run together. Director Anne […]
Movies
A brutal assault on all the senses is the best way to describe this fourth film in a series, directed, co-produced, and co-written by George Miller. In a bleak, post-apocalyptic future, a road warrior (Tom Hardy) joins forces with a hijacker (Charlize Theron) as they seek revenge on a tyrannical leader (Hugh Keays-Byrne) who controls […]
Columns
By Fr. William Saunders
Q: (The) Catholic Herald had an article about the May Crowning at St. William of York (Church) in Stafford. (When I was) growing up, my parish never had such events. I never experienced them until moving to the Diocese of Arlington. What is the background for this devotion? – A reader in Alexandria A: The […]
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Father John M. O’Donohue (second from right), pastor of Holy Spirit Church in Annandale, celebrates a Memorial Day Mass at Fairfax Memorial Park in Fairfax May 25. Some 700 people attended the Mass, which was offered especially for the repose of the souls of those who died in service to their country. Pictured (above, from […]
