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By Joseph Kenny
ST. LOUIS — More than 8,000 Catholic educators attended the April 18-20 National Catholic Educational Association Convention in St. Louis this year and many of them picked up ideas during the gathering to use in their own schools. Sister Judith Abique, a Sister of St. Paul of Chartres, plans to integrate Theology of the Body […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON — This summer’s Convocation of Catholic Leaders comes at a time when the U.S. Catholic Church is seeking how best to respond to a changing social landscape while bringing Pope Francis’ vision for a church that offers mercy and joy to the world. Called by the bishops, the historic convocation will find more […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
OK, call me crazy but am I the only one who remembers hearing repeatedly from feminists that feminism was about freeing women to make our own choices about our own lives? If we wanted to pursue high powered careers, we should be free to do that. And if we wanted to stay home and raise […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
It was a good Lent in so many ways for my family, and as my wife and I got the kids ready for Palm Sunday Mass, there was a sense of anticipation throughout our home. Then I saw the news: Islamic State had snuffed out the lives of 46 Coptic Christians at Palm Sunday liturgies […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — For St. Francis of Assisi, following Christ meant imitating his humility and forsaking riches, power and status; the men who call themselves Franciscans today believe they are called to embrace the same attitudes, including in their governance. In early April, the ministers general of four men’s branches of the Franciscan family — […]
Schools
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria hosted its 30th annual golf classic at Mount Vernon Country Club April 24.
Local
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Audrey Stevenson, Margaret Leo and Brendan Kelly are the Littlest Suffering Souls, three children who died young and suffered greatly, but not before sharing their faith.
Columns
By Thomas J. Craughwell
Initially, Catherine served the hungry, the sick, the dying — all traditional works of charity for women who belonged to a Third Order. But then, in the early 1370s, she began to preach.
National
By Mark Pattison
With religious persecution against Christians on the rise worldwide, it is important for other Christians to stand in solidarity with them, said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.
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