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By Effie Caldarola
January can be a drag, a real letdown. The remaining Christmas cookies are stale crumbs, and the tree, once so respected, has been ingloriously dragged out of the house to be recycled into mulch. One by one, the Christmas lights in the neighborhood have gone out, as if some festive power grid is failing, and […]
Pope Francis
Tourists in Rome come in all shapes and sizes. Three camels with their handlers mingled with tourists in St. Peter’s Square in Rome for the traditional parade marking the Feast of the Epiphany Jan. 6.
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
When Pope Francis visited the United States in September, he told a joint meeting of Congress it was time for the “global abolition of the death penalty.” Yet right now in Virginia, two men are awaiting scheduling for execution, which would bring the total to more than 110 executions in the commonwealth since 1982. Catholics […]
Books
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Arms flailing, the exuberant and perhaps hyperactive Italian actor and comedian Roberto Benigni described Pope Francis as a masterful minister of God’s mercy, which is always active and always on the move. Benigni brought the house down Jan. 12 during the presentation of the new book-length interview with Pope Francis, “The Name […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
Due to an increased demand for Catholic psychological training, the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington has created the School of Counseling. With two distinct programs, the graduate school now will be elevated to the status of a university – titled Divine Mercy University. “IPS has been continually challenged by its mission to be […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
HONG KONG – Catholic communities in China’s northeastern provinces are using social media to evangelize in the freezing and smoggy winter while still offering pastoral care directly to the elderly Catholics to fill the digital gap. In Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning provinces, the average temperature drops below freezing for four to six months a year. […]
Local
By Mike Flach
One of Virginia’s most active abortion clinics is located a little more than a mile from Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria. According to state records, 1,613 abortions were performed there in 2014. Pro-lifers gather the third Saturday of each month to pray the rosary and witness for life in front of the Alexandria Women’s […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
In 1984, a group of seminarians in Madrid, Spain, decided to take a leap of faith in their vocation. Inspired by their mutual devotion to Mary and by the papacy of Pope John Paul II, these five young men together formed the Disciples of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The new order was approved […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
Since 2008, Denny d’Alelio, a member of the Holy Spirit Knights of Columbus council in Annandale, has managed a crib distribution effort called Project Manger. The project began when Dolores Wisecarver, director of A Woman’s Choice, a Falls Church pro-life crisis pregnancy center, was trying to help a woman who told her she was going […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama unveiled a series of executive orders Jan. 5 intended to make a dent in gun violence in the United States, people reacted. And how. “Thank God that someone finally has the courage to close the loopholes in our pitiful gun control laws to reduce the number of mass shootings, […]
