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Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – Inundated with requests from major media outlets around the world, Pope Francis chose to sit down for an interview with a homeless man who makes his living selling newspapers in Netherlands. The pope met with 51-year-old Marc, who was accompanied by Frank Dries – the Straatnieuws newspaper’s editor, Stijn Fen – a […]
Schools
By Trey Lovisone
Crowds chant his name. Sports Illustrated features him in an issue. He makes field goals from 53 yards out and maintains a 4.3 GPA. He is David Cooper, senior placekicker for Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria. Football didn’t always come easily to Cooper. Growing up in Korea, he never kicked field goals on his […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
When St. Paul set out on his journey to evangelize, he did so using the latest forms of communication available: the spoken word and ink on paper. More than 2,000 years later, the message is still the same, but advances in technology have provided new ways to carry out the mission of evangelization. The Daughters […]
Global
ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan – As a number of Syrian refugees enter their fourth winter of displacement, without an end in sight to violent fighting in their nation, Mahmoud summed up how they feel. “There seems to be nothing ahead of us or behind,” the father of four told Catholic News Service in early November. “Every […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – A week after the 65th anniversary of Father Emil J. Kapaun’s capture in North Korea, the bishop of Wichita, Kan., formally presented a report on the Army chaplain’s life, virtues and fame of holiness to the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita and a small delegation from the […]
Columns
By Thomas Craughwell
It’s often said there is antagonism between faith and science, but in many respects it’s an artificial quarrel. Many scientists believe in God. Many religious believers marvel over the wonders of the universe revealed by science. And if any man bore witness that faith and science can coexist, it was St. Albert the Great. St. […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
It’s a statement that Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde has repeated many times over the 16 years he’s been the bishop of Arlington: “I’d be a priest all over again in a heartbeat.” That sentiment was expressed again Nov. 7 at a Mass of thanksgiving at All Saints Church in Manassas celebrating the 50th anniversary […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
FLORENCE, Italy – Meeting workers and addressing a major gathering of the Catholic Church in Italy, Pope Francis demanded an end to economic exploitation, to clerics “obsessed” with power, to apathy among youth and to a cold, fearful church that forgets Christ is always by its side. “These times of ours demand that we experience […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
It is the book that somehow surfaces when you need it most – manna for the multi-tasker, solace for the stressed. It is the book you stock up on to give to others, to slip in Christmas stockings, to pay it forward. It is the book that spiritual directors recommend again and again: Father Jacques […]
The coming of the Lord