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Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will join leaders of three other Christian churches as part of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., at Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, 1500 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington. Joining Bishop Loverde will be Bishop Young Jin Cho of the United Methodist Virginia Conference; Bishop […]
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A program on Pope Francis’ life and a telecast of him celebrating Mass in Manila, the Philippines, will be shown Jan. 18 in Gaston Hall at Georgetown University, 3700 O St., N.W., Washington. The program begins at 1:30 p.m., with a musical performance at 5:30 p.m. and a reception at 6 p.m. “Il Papa in […]
Movies
A crucial battle in the long struggle for African-American equality is recreated compellingly in director Ava DuVernay’s fact-based drama. With the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act behind him, President Lyndon Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) is anxious to concentrate on promoting the economic measures of his Great Society program. But Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Columns
By Christina Capecchi
It had an echo of Nicholas Sparks to it, but it was real life, and the story went viral: An Ohio couple married for 73 years died just 28 hours apart. Reporters across the globe culled bits of Hollywood drama from the marriage, chronicling a young Joseph Auer surviving the horrors of D-Day and missing […]
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The Virginia Catholic Conference – the public policy agency of the Commonwealth’s Catholic bishops and their two dioceses – will pursue the initiatives described below during the 2015 Virginia General Assembly session, which convenes for 46 days beginning Jan. 14. The conference’s agenda was formulated in consultation with its Education and Respect Life, Health, and […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Creep along Mill Road or else you’ll shoot past it and find yourself on Interstate 495. Alexandria’s William G. Truesdale Detention Center – known to local criminals as “the Hilton of Northern Virginia jails” – is camouflaged among the red brick of its mixed residential and commercial Old Town neighbors. But once you see it, […]
Columns
By Arland Nichols
The proliferation of literature about the sexual and marital habits of “millennials” is staggering. Research indicates a casual approach to sexual intimacy and marriage. Marriage is increasingly postponed or rejected in favor of transitional “trial marriages” or temporary live-in situations glamorized today in popular media as “the next step” in intimate relationships. The intimate relationship […]
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The diocesan Office of Youth Ministry will sponsor “Life is Very Good,” an evening of prayer Jan. 21 and a morning rally and Mass for youths Jan. 22, prior to the annual March for Life in Washington. Both events will take place at the George Mason University Patriot Center, 4500 Patriot Circle in Fairfax. The […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
For months after the Supreme Court abruptly legalized abortion in its Roe v. Wade decision in January 1973, people who welcomed the result repeatedly declared that the struggle over abortion had now come to a close. The Supreme Court had spoken, the matter was settled, and pro-lifers could pack up and go home. Some of […]
