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By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis and members of the council of the Synod of Bishops met May 25-26 to review input from around the world for October’s synod on the family and made their final suggestions for the synod’s working document. The office of the synod’s general secretary will incorporate the suggestions and have the […]
Columns
By Thomas Craughwell
As a young man, Justin was an avid student of Greek and Roman philosophy. Initially he was attracted to the works of Plato, then Pythagorus, and then the Stoics, but ultimately Justin found the works of the ancient philosophers unsatisfactory. He would write that he had been searching for “a vision of God,” and in […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Movies
Borrowing the name but little else from the futuristic-themed section of Disneyland and other Disney parks, this delightful science-fiction film is great fun for the entire family, directed and co-written by Brad Bird. A young woman (Britt Robertson) is recruited by a mysterious robot (Raffey Cassidy) for a mission to save both Earth and the […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
Humidity hangs heavy today and the temperature has crept toward 90; it’s undeniably feeling like summer in Virginia. As I sit with a calendar that has palpably shifted from the frenetic end-of-school-year busyness to a more sanguine, relaxed busyness, I’m making a promise to myself. Summer will be for self-care. Summer will be for strengthening […]
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By John Garvey
“How solitary sits the city, once filled with people. She who was great among the nations is now like a widow. Once a princess among the provinces, now a toiling slave.” These words that open the Book of Lamentations describe Jerusalem after the Babylonian conquest. They have renewed meaning for the Christians of the Middle […]
Movies
The trials and tribulations of a college a cappella group continue in this sequel to the 2012 film, directed and co-produced by Elizabeth Banks, who also reprises her role of a snarky pageant official. When the group is banned from national competition by virtue of a scandal by one of its singers (Rebel Wilson), its […]
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 […]
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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 […]
