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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The god of Mammon, who is “like a wild animal, trying to clutch me with his talons and enslave me,” and people not open to the Holy Spirit, who “are like swamps that give off foul-smelling gases,” are just a few of the analogies that appear in the latest collection of papal […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
“There is sacredness in tears,” American author Washington Irving once said. “They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.” At Haven of Northern Virginia, a bereavement support organization, tears flow freely and […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
I’ve been looking forward to this new year, eagerly anticipating the calendar change, setting my hopes on a new digit in the “year” column making all things new. I’m not sorry to see 2015 slip away. I hear the drumbeat, steady and rising, propelling me forward: We can do better. We can do better. We […]
National
By Dave Leucking
VALLEY PARK, Mo. – At about 8:30 on a chilly morning Dec. 30, Mickey Downing of the Valley Park Fire District went house to house in lower Valley Park, knocked on doors and asked people to evacuate for their safety with the Meramec River nearing the top of the levee protecting the small town. The […]
Global
By Simon Caldwell
MANCHESTER, England – A 78-year-old Catholic priest trapped in his home was among those rescued as floods ravaged the north of England. Elsewhere, another Catholic priest organized the rescue by boat of an elderly parishioner left stranded when a river broke its banks. Father John Gott was in the kitchen of the rectory of the […]
Local
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
As 2015 draws to a close, it’s worth taking a look back over the past year. Here are the most-read stories published in 2015 on catholicherald.com: 1. Sacred Heart parishioners killed in French Alps plane crash Yvonne Selke and her daughter, Emily, parishioners of Sacred Heart Church in Manassas, were two of the three Americans […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The Christmas season is a time to learn from baby Jesus to let go of selfishness and be humble and giving as he is, Pope Francis said. In fact, people should take the little figurine of Jesus from their Nativity scene and kiss it, “and tell Jesus, ‘I want to humble like […]
National
By Joseph J. Kolb
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A 92-year-old deacon at an Albuquerque church was physically and emotionally recovering after being mugged by three individuals who stole the Christmas offerings from his car’s trunk. Sgt. Sean Frick, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said Deacon Ruben Barela was walking across the snow-shrouded parking lot of Queen of Heaven Parish Dec. 28 […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (- Pope Francis called on Christians to pray for victims of several natural disasters that have hit parts of the United States, Great Britain and Paraguay. “I invite you to pray for the victims of disasters that in recent days have struck the United States, Great Britain and South America, especially in Paraguay, […]
National
By Dan Meloy
DETROIT – As war and violence continue to rage in Iraq and Syria, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled their homeland to find security, regardless of what the future may hold. Refugees making their way toward Europe and the United States are seeking a better, safer life, refugee advocates said. At the same time, […]
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