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WASHINGTON — The third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee for Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, continued along similar lines of questioning and failed to spark high drama. When asked again about his stance on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 court decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand, […]
WASHINGTON — Cardinal William H. Keeler, Baltimore’s 14th archbishop, who was an international leader in Catholic-Jewish relations and the driving force behind the restoration of America’s first cathedral, died March 23 at his residence at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. He was 86. The archdiocese said the cardinal will lie in repose […]
Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated a memorial Mass for Bishop John R. Keating March 22 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More to commemorate the 19th anniversary of Bishop Keating’s death. Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde, Arlington’s third bishop, joined 10 other diocesan priests in concelebrating the Mass, including Father Robert J. Rippy, cathedral […]

The inclusion of "critical life protections" in the House health care bill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid and tax credits, are "troubling" and "must be addressed" before the measure is passed, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee.

Although there is currently more talk than action on school vouchers — scholarships used for private school tuition — the conversation about them has moved from education circles to the highest levels of government as they are discussed by President Donald Trump, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and members of Congress.

Last month, the middle school students of Holy Spirit School in Annandale came together for a day of prayer and fellowship for their first Lenten retreat, “Let Go, Let God.” The event was filled with guest speakers, reflection time and fun activities.

EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The school and parish community of St. Bartholomew in East Brunswick recently tested the saying, “ask and you shall receive.” In January, they rallied together to raise more than $8,000 to buy a VGo Robot to enable Tyler Knurek, a seventh-grader with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, to connect virtually with his class and […]
VATICAN CITY — Accepting an invitation from Egypt’s president and top religious leaders, Pope Francis will visit Cairo April 28-29. In response to an invitation from President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the Catholic bishops in Egypt, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar University, “Pope Francis will make an apostolic trip to […]
VATICAN CITY — As Catholics commemorate Jesus’ passion on Good Friday, the Vatican is asking them to support the church in the Holy Land with their prayers, financial contributions and possibly by making a pilgrimage. The global Holy Land Collection is taken up in most dioceses around the world on Good Friday, which is April […]

Disney’s live-action adaptation of its beloved 1991 animated film is an imaginative if problematic work, an old-fashioned Hollywood musical with an arresting visual style. The eponymous lovely (Emma Watson) exchanges places with her kidnapped father (Kevin Kline) in a haunted castle inhabited by a furry monster (Dan Stevens), who is in fact a prince transformed by a wicked spell.

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