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By Thomas Craughwell
St. Cornelius (died 253) Feast day: Sept. 16 With St. Cornelius we have an example of a saint whose patronage is based on the Latin meaning of his name, combined with confused iconography. The name Cornelius comes from the Latin word for horn, such as a bull or ram’s horn. In art St. Cornelius is […]
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Tiresome romantic comedy about a motormouthed, trivia-spouting crossword-puzzle writer (Sandra Bullock) whose isolated life is transformed when she falls instantly for a TV news cameraman (Bradley Cooper) she meets on a blind date, her obsessive love prompting her first to throw herself at him in a bid for immediate intimacy, then to dog him from […]
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By Fr. John Catoir
Pretend you were a lapsed Catholic when St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was alive. If you were, he would hunt you down like a shepherd in hot pursuit of a prized sheep. Remember the words of Jesus, “There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who […]
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The successful owner (Jason Bateman) of a flavor extract factory is convinced by his best friend (Ben Affleck) to hire a young gigolo (Dustin Milligan) to seduce his sex-withholding wife (Kristen Wiig) so that he can have a guilt-free affair with an attractive new employee (Mila Kunis), not realizing that the newcomer is a con […]
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Anthony Kearns of the trio The Irish Tenors will perform a benefit concert at the Hylton Memorial Chapel in Woodbridge Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. Proceeds from the evening will support CrossLink International and three Prince William County clinics. CrossLink, a Falls Church-based medical nonprofit, has sent more than $43.6 million in aid to 115 […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Can any good come from the death of a 16-year-old? Robin Thompson, a parishioner of St. Timothy Parish in Chantilly, is doing her best to find out – especially since the 16-year-old was her daughter. In June 2003, Ashley Renee Thompson died instantly when the car she was driving swerved off the road and hit […]
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Repellent horror sequel in which a young man’s (Bobby Campo) premonition of impending death saves him, his girlfriend (Shantel VanSanten), two of their pals (Haley Webb and Nick Zano) and a number of strangers from perishing in a speedway accident, but the Grim Reaper is not to be cheated, and the survivors begin to die […]
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By Fr. Peter J. Daly
I hate moving. I especially hate it when I am moving somebody else’s stuff. But that is what I was doing. Schlepping boxes around in the late-August heat and packing stuff up for the “final move.” A friend and former parishioner had died. He appointed me his executor. It was logical. He had no children. […]
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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – It is possible to bring Catholic values to the ongoing debate over health care reform just as it was done earlier this year in forging a four-way agreement on the potential unionization of workers at Catholic hospitals, said Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y. “Leaders in Catholic health ministry, the labor […]
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This fact-based slice of psychedelic history sees the young manager (Demetri Martin) of a failing Catskills motel owned by his downtrodden immigrant parents (Henry Goodman and Imelda Staunton) inadvertently becoming a crucial player in the staging of the iconic 1969 music festival when he uses a legal permit to ease the way for the event’s […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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min