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By Russell Shaw
News that Pope Francis will travel to Sweden in October for an event marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation underlines the fact that the Catholic Counter-Reformation is over. Whether Protestants are prepared to say the same about the Reformation is for them to decide. A Catholic can only hope. To say that these […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. Unless illness prevented it, I have attended daily Mass most of my life. (I love starting the day with the Lord in his house!) Now in my late 80s, I have already paid for my funeral arrangements. Because I have only a few relatives still living, I have requested that there not be a […]
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By Katie Scott
Like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, Tony Tringale often has apples on his mind. But while the folk hero was known for dispersing apple seeds, Tringale has spent much of his life spreading the word of God as a longtime lector at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Sitting in […]
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Fr. Noah C. Morey celebrates Palm Sunday Mass at All Saints Church in Manassas, blessing palms and leading a reading of Christ’s passion. Photos from the Palm Sunday Mass can be purchased here . Photos from the Spanish Palm Sunday Mass can be purchased here .
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By Zoey Dimauro
Every day, nuns around the country take care of the sick, teach children, serve the homeless and pray without ceasing. But March 23, more than 150 of them left their ministries to support their fellow religious women. They gathered as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the Little Sister of the Poor’s case against […]
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By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – During Holy Week and in the Easter season, the Vatican will take part in several initiatives highlighting the importance of ecology and the care for creation. The Governorate of Vatican City State announced March 18 that the thousands of floral arrangements for the Easter morning Mass and the pope’s solemn blessing “urbi […]
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Living Stations of the Cross were presented March 18 by the youth group at St. John the Evangelist Church in Warrenton under the direction of Fr. Mark Moretti, parochial vicar. Photos from the Living Stations can be purchased here. All photos by Joe Cashwell for the Catholic Herald
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By Zoey Dimauro
The music soared through the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Arlington. A clear female voice sang out, and then a man’s voice joined in, supporting hers. Guitars played so softly in the background that the performance seemed a cappella. The song’s lyrics told of Christ’s crucifixion: “Lead me to the cross/Where Your […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, condemning the “blind violence” of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, offered his prayers to the victims, the injured, their families and all those offering assistance in the aftermath of the bombings. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, sent the pope’s condolences March 22 to Archbishop Jozef De Kesel of […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Dominican Sister Mary Jordan Hoover, founding principal of Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, will be leaving the Arlington Diocese in July to establish a new Catholic high school in the Diocese of Phoenix. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted announced March 22 that the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia will establish a […]
