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By Nancy Frazier O’brien
BALTIMORE – A proposed national collection usually does not receive a chorus of praise from bishops, but a cardinal’s request for financial aid in decorating the central dome of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington did. Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl told the bishops Nov. 17 during their fall […]
Schools
Nine seniors from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington signed letters of intent to play sports in college. They include: Ako Adams, basketball, Rice University; Janiya Clemmons, basketball, Columbia University; Randall Gaskins, basketball, St. Francis University; Olivia Giaquinto, softball, Harvard University; Alicia Gonzales, basketball, Case Western Reserve University; Austin Kunde, baseball, Virginia Military Institute; Patrick […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax defeated Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association boys soccer championship Nov. 14 at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond. The Panthers, seeded No. 7, played the top-seeded Knights to a 0-0 tie through the end of the second overtime period. Paul VI […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
Walking through the narrow, winding streets of Jerusalem’s Old City on my first visit there in 15 years, I was struck powerfully once again by the grittiness of Christianity, the palpable connection between the faith and the quotidian realities of life. For there, as in no other place, the believer, the skeptic and the “searcher” […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
A seminarian from the Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., was lifting weights one day when he collapsed on the ground. He lost oxygen to his brain for more than 20 minutes and was rushed to the hospital, where doctors feared the young man would never regain consciousness. From miles away, the cardinal and bishops from […]
Columns
By Fr. William J. Byron, S.j.
This is the thanks-saying, thanks-doing, thanks-giving season. It begins in late November and runs through Christmas. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is a secular feast, although many religious congregations mark it with special services and prayers. We would be a better, stronger, happier nation if we lived gratefully with one another every day of […]
Arts
By Nora Hamerman
Dante Alighieri is “a prophet of hope, a herald of humanity’s possible redemption and liberation, of profound change in every man and woman, of all of humanity.” So wrote Pope Francis last May as he saluted the celebrations of the author of the epic poem, The Divine Comedy, honoring Dante on the anniversary of his […]
National
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican calendar for the Year of Mercy deliberately set aside Sept. 4, 2016, as a possible date for the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, if her sainthood cause is concluded by then. The canonization would be celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the end of a three-day […]
Global
By David Agren
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican priest has been found dead in the state of Puebla with possible signs of torture, four days after disappearing in mysterious circumstances. The body of Father Erasto Pliego de Jesus was found with burns and head injuries Nov. 16 along a rural road in the municipality of Nopalucan, some 110 […]
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