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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has filed an appeal April 20 of a Jan. 19 federal court's ruling to block an Affordable Care Act provision barring discrimination by health insurers and providers against transgender people.
Q. Because of what has been going on in the world lately (the pandemic, difficulty finding work, etc.), I am having trouble concentrating when I pray. Any suggestions for avoiding such distractions?
VATICAN CITY — When it comes to safeguarding creation, there is no time to waste — humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.
VATICAN CITY — Religious and priestly life must be filled with the simple joy of caring every day for what really matters -- faithful friendship with God and one another, Pope Francis said.
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee April 20 called on the Biden administration to fund research "that does not rely upon body parts taken from innocent children killed through abortion."
When you join the crew team at O’Connell, it becomes your life, according to senior Annie Garner.
Volunteering is a family affair for Tom, Kate, Alex and Chris Horan. The family, parishioners of St. Andrew the Apostle in Clifton, joined diocesan Catholic Charities in serving the poor in the diocese in different ways.
Eight weeks before Samuel Aiden Pelletier was born by cesarean section April 29, 2020, he was oblivious to the fact that his mother was pregnant as a pandemic swept the globe. Nestled under Andie Pelletier’s heart, he might have noticed a more rapid beat when his mom learned about the shutdowns, found out her delivery hospital in Haymarket was changing to Prince William Hospital in Manassas, or when she got her pre-delivery COVID-19 test. He did not know that his firefighter dad was now the family’s only grocery shopper or that his siblings’ neighborhood play dates were canceled indefinitely, all in an effort to keep him and his mom safe and healthy.



The Good Shepherd
We live in a world where many claim to be shepherds. We’ve got loads of leaders both religious and not, gurus, caretakers, CEOs and visionaries, each claiming to have something good for us, to have our best interests at heart.