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Dante in the National Gallery

Clad in a rose-red tunic and crowned with laurel, the poet Dante Alighieri sits on a rock before a vast landscape gazing over his shoulder to the steep seven-story mountain of purgatory with the verdant earthly paradise at its peak. A tiny boat ferries the souls of the saved across the blue water to begin their penitential ascent.

9/14/21

NORA HAMERMAN | Special to the Catholic Herald

A good time to take stock

There’s nothing quite like a once-in-a-century pandemic to prompt re-examination — and that’s what many diocesan Catholics have done, according to retirement and estate planning experts in the area who’ve seen a surge in activity since COVID-19. Clients increasingly are refocusing priorities and raising new questions ranging from estate planning to Catholic-based retirement savings to advanced medical directives, or living wills.

9/14/21

Kevin Schweers | Executive Editor of Content

Catholics recall 9/11 heroism, unity

Parishes across the Arlington diocese commemorate the terrorist attacks Sept. 11-12

9/13/21

MARY M. SHAFFREY | Special to the Catholic Herald
National & International

Pope's travel to Slovakia and Hungary marks first trip abroad since July surgery

VATICAN CITY — On paper, Pope Francis' apostolic visit to Hungary and Slovakia was pretty standard as papal trips go: outdoor Masses, meeting with dignitaries, visiting poor and marginalized populations and of course, answering questions from journalists aboard the papal flight.

9/17/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Donation called expression of U.S. Catholics' affection for Paris cathedral

WASHINGTON — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington has collected and donated nearly half a million dollars to assist the restoration and rebuilding efforts of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which was extensively damaged in a fire two years ago.

9/17/21

Richard Szczepanowski | Catholic News Service

Faith must identify with those who suffer, pope says at Mass

ŠAŠTIN, Slovakia — The world needs Christians who are "signs of contradiction," who demonstrate the beauty of the Gospel rather than hostility toward others, Pope Francis said.

9/16/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service
Catholic Living

Nine new principals take the helm

Nine new principals join diocesan schools heading into the 2021-22 school year:More

8/26/21

Catholic Herald Staff Report

Diocesan high school teacher becomes a Dominican

Dominican Brother Paul Dominic Marich, who taught at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores, professed solemn vows Aug. 7 at the Priory of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. More

8/25/21

Special to the Catholic Herald
Arts

Classic movies on YouTube

NEW YORK — Before the advent of television and the later rise of home video, Hollywood tended to regard films as ephemeral products whose moneymaking potential was essentially limited to their initial run in theaters. This attitude meant that studios were sometimes negligent when it came to maintaining their copyright over a past picture.More

9/14/21

JOHN MULDERIG

Movie Review: Cinderella

NEW YORK — Writer-director Kay Cannon's screechy romance "Cinderella" (Amazon) is an obnoxious corruption of the classic folk tale, the most familiar version of which was penned by French writer Charles Perrault in the 17th century. More

9/10/21

John Mulderig

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