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Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — A Ukrainian Marine commander pleaded with Pope Francis to do everything to save the city of Mariupol, which is close to being captured by Russian forces. “I am turning to you for help because the time has come when prayers are not enough,” Maj. Serhiy Volyna, commander of the 36th Separate Marine […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Alexandria Catholic Jose Aguto wants to ‘weave green threads into the fabric of the Catholic Church.’
Local
By Kimberly Cook
When Drew Robertson opened his violin studio in Manassas Park, he had no idea what God had in store for him. In 2016, he decided to take the leap to start his own studio after working his way through a master’s degree at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. After […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The allure of power and money can be used to proclaim falsehoods and obscure the joyous announcement of Christ’s victory over death, Pope Francis said. “Falsehoods — in words and in life — taint the announcement, they corrupt within, leading back to the tomb,” the pope said before reciting the “Regina Coeli” […]
Global
By Mary Durran
The third bishop of Haiti’s Jérémie Diocese must be the only Catholic bishop in the world whose cathedral roof has collapsed twice in earthquakes and was ripped off once by a Category 4 hurricane. “We are alive,” Bishop Joseph Gontrand Decoste told the Jérémie radio station JCOM in an April 14 video interview. “Depi tet […]
Columns
By Paul Weiss
There is a giant step the people of God can take next weekend to benefit the Earth’s climate. It’s simple, easy, everyone is capable of doing it and, best of all, it involves doing less not more. I’m not a climate scientist but I know this: if 70 million U.S. Catholics embraced Pope Francis’ encyclical, […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Tepid third installment in the fantasy franchise that began in 2016 with an adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter”-related novel “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Returning director David Yates takes viewers on a trot around the globe of the early 1930s and marshals imposing special effects. Yet, as scripted by Rowling and Steve […]
Local
The Mother of Light Center in Alexandria took Good Friday prayers to area neighborhoods with a “street retreat” April 15. This is the second year the center has sponsored the retreat, with preaching on Jesus’ Good Friday message and prayers in both English and Spanish. Father Paul A. Berghout and Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony, two diocesan […]
Local
Across the Arlington diocese, more than 160 adults were welcomed into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil Masses April 16. The hourslong vigil Mass began with the blessing and lighting of the Paschal candle symbolizing the light of Christ. During Mass, the more than 160 initiates received the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and first Communion. […]
Art
By Maisy Sullivan
WASHINGTON — The Shroud of Turin is “such a powerful image of God’s love because Jesus willingly underwent this for our salvation,” said Brian Hyland, curator of the Museum of the Bible’s current exhibit on the 14-foot-by-4-foot linen cloth many people believe is Jesus’ burial shroud. The shroud has a full-length photonegative image of a […]
