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By Barb Fraze
WASHINGTON – Haitian Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot was known as a humble man who was close to the poor in the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. Archbishop Miot, 63, was among tens of thousands of Haitians who died in the Jan. 12 earthquake. For years he served as president of the Haitian bishops’ justice and peace commission, […]
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By John P. Mccarthy
NEW YORK – More contemplative and lyrical than advertised, the first big action movie of 2010 incorporates religious faith and Judeo-Christian principles to a surprising degree. Directed by twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes, “The Book of Eli” (Warner Bros.) prompts the question whether, assuming a minimum level of respect, the attempt to integrate religion […]
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By Nora Hammerman
It is hard these days to get up close to the originals of the marble statues of the Virgin Mary by Michelangelo, one of the greatest (and outside Italy, rarest) of all Catholic artists. Ever since his youthful “Pieta” in the Vatican was assaulted by a vandal in 1972, a Plexiglas shield has been in […]
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By Dave Borowski
The town of White Post is about 70 miles west of Arlington and sits between Winchester and Front Royal in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley. Its relative isolation makes it the perfect site for a place of reflection, prayer and meditation. The San Damiano Spiritual Life Center in White Post officially opens its doors Jan. 15, […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
“Do you have enough? Because I’m even boring myself.” She wasn’t serious, of course – not really. Thérèse Bermpohl, the 48-year-old director of the Office for Family Life, was just doing what she does best: keeping it real. It’s her gift to point out the obvious, she said, only semi-laughing, as she reflected on her […]
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By Fr. Paul De Ladurantaye
“Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit” (Jn 3:5). “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I […]
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By Dave Borowski
If it’s Advent, the Daughters of St. Paul choir is travelling around the eastern United States giving Christmas concerts and delighting audiences at parishes and schools. The choir has been performing for 15 years, but this was their first stop in the Arlington Diocese. They were welcomed by an enthusiastic audience ready for a Christmas […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has made changes in Church law to clarify the role of deacons and to remove an ambiguity about the marriage status of some Catholics. The modifications were ordered by the pope in a document, “Omnium in Mente,” (“In the Mind of All”) published Dec. 15 in Latin and Italian […]
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Mark Forrest, an internationally acclaimed Irish Tenor, will perform a Christmas concert at Battlefield High School, 1500 Graduation Dr., Haymarket, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville is hosting the event. Forrest has given concerts worldwide, and his audiences have included Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa. Get tickets Call 703/753-6700. […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Over the river and through the woods, it’s cantering they go. For some students at Christendom College, that’s the literal truth this fall as they embrace the school’s newest extracurricular activity: horseback riding. Helmets on heads and reins in hands, students trot across streams and up steep trails in the Shenandoah Valley as part of […]
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