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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — With many, but not all, COVID-19 restrictions eased in many parts of the world, the Vatican asked bishops and priests to be prudent in their planning for Holy Week and Easter liturgies but offered no firm instructions. “In view of the ongoing slowdown of the pandemic, albeit at different rates in individual […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The sacrament of reconciliation “is not so much about our sins” as it is about God’s forgiveness, Pope Francis said. “Think about it: If our sins were at the heart of the sacrament, almost everything would depend on us, on our repentance, our efforts, our resolve,” but it is about God’s power, […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — As Russia’s violent monthlong invasion continued to devastate Ukraine, Pope Francis laid the fates of both countries at the feet of Mary in the hopes that peace would finally reign. “Mother of God and our mother, to your Immaculate Heart we solemnly entrust and consecrate ourselves, the church and all humanity, especially […]
National
By Catholic News Service
ELMONT, N.Y. —Retired New York Islanders defenseman Jean Potvin, who played on two Stanley Cup championship teams, died March 15 in Weston, Florida. He was 72. No cause of death was given. In retirement, Potvin volunteered in the community, serving on the boards of directors of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens and the Nassau […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — When a political prisoner and nearly 300 others were shipwrecked along the coast of Malta, the local population welcomed them, built a fire to warm their chilled bones and provided them with food and shelter. The story of migrants in dire need as they attempt to cross the sea sounds like a […]
Books
By Nancy L. Roberts
“Jesus Christ Movie Star” by Phil Hall. BearManor Media (Orlando, Florida, 2021). 163 pp., $22. The life story of Jesus Christ has fascinated filmmakers for more than 100 years. It’s not surprising that more movies have been made about Jesus than about any other subject, but the variation among these portrayals is stunning. We see […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Friday abstinence for vegans What do persons who don’t normally eat meat do about the church’s rules on abstinence, such as on the Fridays during Lent? Nowadays, many Catholics are mainly fish eaters anyway, or they are vegans or vegetarians. What can they do to participate in the discipline of the church? (New Middletown, Ind.) […]
Parishes
By Catholic Herald
What’s distinctive about your parish? What is your parish’s charism? A distinctive feature of our parish is its small, warm, friendly and spiritually welcoming feeling. Parishioners are very generous in providing for the needs of others. There is a food pantry stocked with donations from parishioners. The Outreach store is volunteer run with profits given […]
Local
By Special To The Catholic Herald
The annual Mass and Anointing of the Sick, hosted by the Order of Malta’s Northern Virginia Region, drew more than 200 people to the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington March 20,
Columns
By Catholic Herald
Daily Lenten reflections to transform your family. Challenge: Today, try and use your words for only good. Stop if you find yourself saying something negative or judgmental. Reflection: (Bearing all things) implies limiting judgment, checking the impulse to issue a firm and ruthless condemnation: “Judge not and you will not be judged” (Lk 6:37). Although […]
