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By Courtney Mares
While many people choose to give up social media for Lent, one Catholic man is uploading new videos online every day to share the stories of the early Christian martyrs and Rome’s most ancient churches. Jacob Stein is visiting a church in Rome each day of Lent this year, retracing the pilgrimage routes Catholics have […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — In an apparent breach of the Vatican’s agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, the bishop of Haimen was installed as the bishop of Shanghai April 4. “The Holy See had been informed a few days ago of the Chinese authorities’ decision to transfer Bishop (Joseph) Shen Bin of Haimen to […]
Local
Marian Homes, a nonprofit in Fairfax Station that provides housing for adults with intellectual disabilities, was awarded a $6,000 grant from the American Land Title Association (ALTA) Good Deeds Foundation. Marian Homes was one of 24 nonprofits in the United States that received a grant in March from the ALTA Good Deeds Foundation. “We […]
Schools
By Sarah Burkat
This February, students from St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly ventured to Rome and Assisi, Italy, for an eight-day pilgrimage. Thirty participated, making their way to many churches, chapels and Catholic landmarks. The trip began Feb. 8 with two flights to get to Rome and a full afternoon to follow. Students stayed in […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
Two parts reverence, one part mischief. That’s how I’d sum up my grandma, whose name — Elinor Marcella — captures her mix of poise and playfulness. She raised five kids with a kind of 1950s ease: neck bows and neatly coiffed hair, family dinners and at-home haircuts, playing Bud and Travis on the record player […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
There’s a glimmer of hope for the embattled natural family emanating suddenly from a source that lately has been anything but family-friendly — I mean the federal government. But before getting into that, consider some landmarks in the family’s decline during the last three decades. The high point for marriage was 1996 when Congress enacted […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
As we approach Easter, I cannot stop thinking about what Martha teaches all of us who have ever fallen to our knees and begged on behalf of someone we love. We learn what it is to bring a need to the Lord, to wait on his timing, to trust in his perfect provision according to […]
Pope Francis
By Hannah Brockhaus
In one of the busiest liturgical periods at the Vatican, Pope Francis is scheduled to preside over nine Masses, liturgies, and devotions between April 2 and Easter Monday, April 10. With Pope Francis having been hospitalized for four days for a respiratory infection and released April 1, it was unclear if he would be well […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — During Lent this year, residents of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis lives, decided to clean out their closets and give away things other people could use. “You can’t imagine how much stuff there was,” the pope said. Leading his weekly general audience April 5, the pope said Holy Week is […]
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