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Even before the first athletes take the field for the new school year, the athletic training department at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington has been a flurry of activity. Over the summer, they have given the athletic training facility a facelift, hired a third athletic trainer and acquired a new 55-gallon hydration station. Joining […]
Columns
By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
The new English formula for absolution used in penance is to go into effect sometime during 2023. Last year, the U.S. Bishops voted on two slight changes in translation from the current formula. This year, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved this latest translation of the Latin original. […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
These are not the best of times for America’s men and boys. Recent data suggest the extent of the problem, without getting at its roots. Men now make up only 40.5 percent of college enrollment. Men’s median wage has been declining in real terms for more than 20 years. And “deaths of despair”— resulting from […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ comments on the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, were meant to defend life and were not a political affirmation, the Vatican said. “It must be reiterated that the Holy Father’s words on this tragic issue should be read as a voice raised […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
ROME — Christian humility implies placing one’s desire to maintain appearances or selfish interests aside and instead putting the well-being of others first, said Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego. Celebrating a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Patrick’s Church, official home of the U.S. Catholic community in Rome, Aug. 28, Cardinal McElroy said many […]
Schools
Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria is excited to welcome the largest incoming class and highest enrollment in school history for the 2022-23 school year. The community is excited for the year ahead and ready for a new start. While COVID-19 is still something all diocesan schools are dealing with to a certain extent, Ireton […]
Schools
The Family of Man Council 7566 of the Knights of Columbus in Reston awarded $1,000 scholarships to three students: Leo Weeks, Catherine Claman and Luke Lodge. The council awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors and college students to help with the costs of higher education. Applicants for the scholarship submitted an essay demonstrating their […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
HYDERABAD, Pakistan — Bishop Samson Shukardin has called for help for thousands affected by floods that have devastated his diocese and many other areas of Pakistan. “I am receiving a lot of phone calls for help from my priests and people in various parishes of the diocese,” said the bishop. “Ninety percent of the territory […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The world will keep witnessing wars, violence and injustice as long as people fail to understand that true freedom comes from seeking God’s will, love and mercy, Pope Francis said. Only when one’s heart is filled with mercy can life be lived with joy, and when life is lived by humbly serving […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — In a ceremony to create 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis encouraged the College of Cardinals to have the same spiritual zeal for all people, whether they are in positions of power or ordinary Christians. “A cardinal loves the church, always with that same spiritual fire, whether dealing with great questions or handling […]
