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By Marnie McAllister
Dr. Kassi Marshall, a physician, mother and member of the First Church of God in Chavies, Ky., is on a mission to bring safe drinking water to Perry County, where parts of the water infrastructure were destroyed in flooding that began July 26 in eastern Kentucky. “People need water,” she said in an emotional phone […]
National
By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — For decades, St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Capitol Hill has been known for providing hospitality in its parish hall to people arriving on buses in Washington for the annual March for Life. This summer, the parish has similarly opened its parish hall doors on Wednesday and Friday mornings and afternoons to busloads of […]
Columns
By Fr. Jack Peterson
GOSPEL COMMENTARY Aug. 14, Lk 12:49-53 “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were blazing!” These words from Jesus in the 12th chapter of Luke’s Gospel are an intense challenge from our precious Lord to live our faith with passion and zeal. It is an alternative way to […]
Local
By Anna Harvey
Medical Missionaries in Manassas focus on body and spirit in their work. In a little corner of Manassas, trucks and trailers full of medical supplies and appliances arrive at the small office of the Medical Missionaries. Volunteers laugh and converse with the donors as they carry walkers, wheelchairs and boxes of medical supplies into the […]
Movies
By John Mulderig
NEW YORK — “Family is mad complicated” declares a character in the hit-or-miss comedy “Easter Sunday” (Universal). While the film’s implicit message is that being part of one is well worth it nonetheless, other aspects of the movie will be less congenial to viewers of faith and make it inappropriate fare for youngsters. In an […]
Global
By Peter Ajayi Dada
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian officials identified six suspects arrested in connection with the June 5 attack that killed 40 people at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo. Maj. Gen. Jimmy Akpor, defense department spokesman, said all were linked to the Islamic State West Africa Province group. He said the arrests were made through a joint […]
Local
By Kevin Schweers
Arlington diocese announces new availability of the Extraordinary Form Massin compliance with Pope Francis’ directive. The future of the Traditional Latin Mass in the Arlington diocese became clearer with the July 29 announcement of a new diocesan policy to implement Pope Francis’ 2021 apostolic letter issued “motu proprio,” entitled “Traditionis Custodes” (“Guardians of the Tradition”). […]
Arts
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Global
By Catholic News Service
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the coup last year, said a new report by the United Nations. The U.N. Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar said in its annual report Aug. 9 that sexual and gender-based crimes, including rape and other forms of […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The passing of time in one’s life is meant to be lived as a God-given grace and not a meaningless pursuit to preserve one’s youthfulness, Pope Francis said. Men and women are “apprentices of life” who amid trials and tribulations “learn to appreciate God’s gift, honoring the responsibility of sharing it and […]
