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By Christina Capecchi
It had an echo of Nicholas Sparks to it, but it was real life, and the story went viral: An Ohio couple married for 73 years died just 28 hours apart. Reporters across the globe culled bits of Hollywood drama from the marriage, chronicling a young Joseph Auer surviving the horrors of D-Day and missing […]
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The Virginia Catholic Conference – the public policy agency of the Commonwealth’s Catholic bishops and their two dioceses – will pursue the initiatives described below during the 2015 Virginia General Assembly session, which convenes for 46 days beginning Jan. 14. The conference’s agenda was formulated in consultation with its Education and Respect Life, Health, and […]
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The Loudoun Chapter of the Catholic Business Network of Northern Virginia provided Christmas dinner for families and individuals residing at the Loudoun Emergency Homeless Shelter in Leesburg. With funds raised at their Dec. 19 meeting, CBN purchased the meals from Mama Lucci’s Restaurant in Leesburg for delivery to the shelter. “We all are so blessed […]
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By Arland Nichols
The proliferation of literature about the sexual and marital habits of “millennials” is staggering. Research indicates a casual approach to sexual intimacy and marriage. Marriage is increasingly postponed or rejected in favor of transitional “trial marriages” or temporary live-in situations glamorized today in popular media as “the next step” in intimate relationships. The intimate relationship […]
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By Russell Shaw
For months after the Supreme Court abruptly legalized abortion in its Roe v. Wade decision in January 1973, people who welcomed the result repeatedly declared that the struggle over abortion had now come to a close. The Supreme Court had spoken, the matter was settled, and pro-lifers could pack up and go home. Some of […]
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By For The Catholic Heraldbr> photos Haymarket Joe Photography
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will ordain 11 men to the permanent diaconate Jan. 17 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. The liturgy begins at 11 a.m. and is open to the public. Robert E. Benyo, 59, was born in Phoenixville, Pa., and is a parishioner of St. Peter Church in Washington. […]
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By Katie Scott
In airport terminals, on family room couches or, alas, at holiday dinner tables, the sight of teens absorbing media was nearly as ubiquitous this Christmas as the seasonal jingles playing in department stores. From the smallest smartphone to the biggest big screen, teenagers soak up more sounds and images than ever before – and it’s […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Little Angel Gift Shop at Church of the Nativity in Burke was low on inventory after the 12:45 p.m. Mass Jan. 4. Christmas trees once covered with religious-themed Christmas ornaments were nearly bare, with just a few ribbons clinging to the empty branches. Shelves that held medals, missals and rosaries had just a few […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Creep along Mill Road or else you’ll shoot past it and find yourself on Interstate 495. Alexandria’s William G. Truesdale Detention Center – known to local criminals as “the Hilton of Northern Virginia jails” – is camouflaged among the red brick of its mixed residential and commercial Old Town neighbors. But once you see it, […]
