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By David Agren
BACHAJON, Mexico – Deacon Anselmo Hernandez received a call on a recent Saturday afternoon while walking down the main street of this indigenous community of Mexico’s southern Chiapas state, advising him of a neighbor who had died that afternoon. Within an hour, he had blessed the casket, led the family in prayers and read with […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
The potential presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, a media critic when it suits his purposes, is a creature of the media. Trump has a knack for saying outrageous things, and journalists have heaped lavish free coverage on his outrageousness. The result: a candidate who has never held public office and has made the art of […]
Columns
By Fr. Matthew H. Zuberbueler
What a difference a week makes. Attentive listeners will recall that the beginning of this Gospel passage is the same as the ending in last Sunday’s. For people who pray liturgically, it might be true that the dramatic revelation Jesus shared last week has been of great benefit in their lives this week. In His […]
Global
By Dale Gavlak
AMMAN, Jordan – Catholic clergy lamented the destruction of Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery, St. Elijah, and urged the international community to do more to stop such assaults. “I had the same emotional and perhaps spiritual experience as I did when I was standing over the bodies of fallen soldiers,” Father Jeffrey Whorton told Catholic News […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Vatican, Pope Francis told him he had high hopes for peace. And while Pope Francis usually asks those he meets for their prayers, the Shiite cleric pre-empted the pope’s request and said, “I ask you to pray for me.” President Rouhani, who was in […]
Local
Despite a record-breaking snowstorm last weekend, the wedding of Jenna and William McLaughlin took place as scheduled at St. Mary Church in Old Town Alexandria. Father Gregory Thompson, chaplain at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington and a cousin of the bride, officiated.
National
By Jessica Trygstad
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) – Catholic youths from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis were among those stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike overnight on the way home from the annual March for Life in Washington. And they had stories to tell that include attending an impromptu roadside Mass complete with a snow altar. “Each […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
I have a theory about mothers of large families and Empty Nest Syndrome. We are not afflicted, at least not in the conventional way. As the friends who had babies with us when we had our first begin to enjoy (or lament) their empty nests, we see ours still quite full. Three of my children […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will visit Sweden in October to participate in an ecumenical service and the beginning of a year of activities to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Leaders from the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation had already been set to meet Oct. 31, 2016, for the ecumenical […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
In previous years, the Life is VERY Good rally held at George Mason’s Patriot Center, now Eagle Bank Arena, in Fairfax, was near capacity. Young people packed the floor and most of the seats in the arena clapping and singing to Christian rock bands. This year, Snowstorm Jonas kept attendance at about a quarter of […]
