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By For The Catholic Herald
“Surprised,” said Father Brian G. Bashista when describing his reaction on learning of his assignment as the new chaplain and director of campus ministry of Marymount University in Arlington. “I thought that it was Bishop (Paul S.) Loverde’s way of trying to keep me young.” Father Bashista said he was excited about his new role, […]
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By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: With the present situation in Syria, does the Catholic Church have any official teaching on the use of chemical weapons? (Washington) A: The moral teaching regarding the use of chemical weapons or any weapon of mass destruction is governed by the principle of discrimination in just-war theory. Succinctly, the principle of discrimination means that […]
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By Katie Bahr
What makes a happy marriage? Is it communication and trust? Date nights and romance? Dedication and forgiveness? According to Kathy and Todd Nennich, parishioners of St. Raymond of Peñafort Church in Springfield who celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary Sept. 3, the recipe for a healthy marriage combines all of the above. For the past 12 […]
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By Marylynn G. Hewitt Catholic News Service
DETROIT – Every year dioceses across the country honor couples who have been married 25 or 50 years or more with special Masses. And inevitably, reporters from diocesan newspapers often ask these couples to share the secrets of what makes a marriage work. At the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in […]
Schools
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Ten new principals and two new heads of school will join the ranks of Arlington diocesan schools this year. Mary Baldwin, principal of St. Andrew the Apostle School, was born in Duluth, Minn. She earned a bachelor’s from George Mason University in Fairfax in 1998 and a master’s in education from Marymount University in Arlington […]
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By Maria-pia Negro
“Lord, Teach Me To Pray,” a three-part prayer series rooted in St. Ignatius of Loyola spirituality, will offer a training retreat at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean Sept. 7 for anyone who wants to co-facilitate small prayer groups for men and women at their parishes. The series originated in New Orleans about 12 […]
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By Father Kenneth Doyle
Q. In a book about the Shroud of Turin, I read that when Jesus was crucified, the nails were driven through his wrists. The photos of the shroud seem to confirm this. But if that were so, then why did saints such as St. Francis and Padre Pio have stigmata wounds on the palms of […]
Arts
Writer-director Woody Allen presents a variation on Tennessee Williams’ classic play “A Streetcar Named Desire” in this depressing tale of a Park Avenue socialite (Cate Blanchett in a bravura performance) fallen on hard times. She’s lost everything due to her philandering husband’s (Alec Baldwin) Ponzi-like fraud which has not only destroyed the fortunes of his […]
Movies
Writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s dystopian action picture, set in the mid-22nd century, envisions a society divided between a despoiled Earth populated by oppressed workers and the idyllic satellite of the title where the rich live a life of ease — and enjoy miraculous medical technology. After a workplace accident exposes him to a lethal dose of […]
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This history of the fluctuating fortunes of Steve Jobs, founder of the Apple computer empire, may not be the worst film biography of all time, but it certainly earns an unenviable place in the pantheon of lame screen profiles. Ashton Kutcher, directed by Joshua Michael Stern from a script by Matt Whiteley, portrays Jobs as […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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6/2/26
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