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Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge will celebrate a special Mass and Anointing of the Sick March 18 at St. Ambrose Church
Local
By Connor Bergeron
The March for Life receives its largest donation from the Knights of Columbus' bucket collection.
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The quest to find life on other planets got a boost when astronomers confirmed the existence of at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star just 40 light years away. Three of the planets are located in the so-called “habitable” zone, a kind of “Goldilocks” sweet spot in that their […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
People who don't give money to the homeless because they think it will be spent on alcohol and not food should ask themselves what guilty pleasures they are secretly spending money on, Pope Francis said.
Columns
By Sr. Constance Veit, L.s.p.
A few days ago I met a little girl who made a big impression on me. Grace and her older brother Benedict suffer from a rare genetic disorder that has resulted in serious hearing impairment and limited physical growth. The two come to our home for the elderly each week with their mother to pray […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
“I deserve a break.” For some of us guys — allow me to speak in hypotheticals— these four words are intoxicating. You come home tired from work. Up since 5 a.m. The kids are fighting. New bills to pay, old ones yet unpaid. A new question from your boss dings your inbox. A kid mouths […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
The old farmers used to say you should leave a field better than you found it. Sometimes that called for heavy lifting. Other times it just meant picking up a rock as you crossed and placing it at the field’s edge. That counsel stuck with Amy Hereford, who grew up on a 10-acre Missouri farm […]
Columnists
By John Garvey
At the National Prayer Breakfast last month, President Donald Trump promised to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment “and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution.” I must confess that, on the list of things I hope the new administration will accomplish this year, this one is fairly far down. […]
Local
By Special To The Herald
Modern medicine can work wonders. However, in order to be effective, medicine needs to be taken safely, according to prescribing guidelines, and patients and health care providers need to be vigilant about the dangers of drug interactions. When it comes to medication use, seniors take more prescription and over-the-counter drugs than any other age group, […]
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