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By Catholic News Service
CHICAGO — When civic leaders make friendly bets on which team will win a big championship with their counterparts in another city, one winner enjoys a feast, while the loser eats some humble pie. But when bishops in the World Series’ home cities placed their wager on the winner of the Fall Classic, it […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
“In the absence of this faith now, we govern by tenderness. It is a tenderness which, long since cut off from the person of Christ, is wrapped in theory. When tenderness is detached from the source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. It ends in forced labor camps and in the fumes of the […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
When the pot is boiling, turn down the heat. You can’t be sure, but that could well have been part of the reasoning behind Pope Francis’ decision to choose as the topic of the next world Synod of Bishops “Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment.” For months, speculation out of Rome had focused on the […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — Lay and religious leaders, including Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, reacted to news of Donald J. Trump’s upset win in the Nov. 8 presidential election. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, outlined an ambitious agenda in a Nov. 9 post-election statement that congratulated Trump and all […]
National
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Congratulating Donald Trump for his victory in the U.S. presidential election, the Vatican secretary of state expressed hope that people would work together “to change the global situation, which is a situation of serious laceration, serious conflict.” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis’ top aide, spoke about the election early Nov. 9 during […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved a plan for the new Paul VI Catholic High School after the diocese found ways to ease the concerns about increased traffic around the South Riding site. The diocese will provide $1.5 million to the county for traffic improvements along Braddock Road. Additionally, the diocese added language […]
Local
By Michael Flach
Bishop Paul S. Loverde, apostolic administrator of the Arlington Diocese, received the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award for his leadership in the Catholic community. The award was presented Nov. 4 at the 30th anniversary gala for SOAR! — Support Our Aging Religious —at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington. Franciscan Sister […]
Local
By Ann M. Augherton
Baltimore Archbishop Lori and Carl Anderson are honored along with Blessed Sacrament Church in Alexandria.
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — When the Benedictine monks in Norcia led residents in prayer before the ruins of their medieval city, they showed one way the church steps into action in times of crisis. First responders encouraged the religious, recognizing they could do their job better when the distraught receive emotional or spiritual rescue, too. […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
Eighth-graders interested in attending Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax or Saint John Paul the Great High School in Dumfries next fall must take the high school placement test. The test will be administered Dec. 3 and Jan. 7 from 8:30 a.m. […]
