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By Zoey Maraist
Make end-of-life medical decisions in alignment with Catholic teachings.
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
Ashburn man shares the series of events that brought him back to God and his family in a weekly blog.
Schools
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Father Krempa, the longtime pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Winchester, expected the new gym at Sacred Heart Academy to be dedicated with the name of a major donor during a blessing March 27. He was in for a surprise.
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Bishop Burbidge blesses new Tepeyac medical center.
Global
By Barbara J. Fraser
LIMA, Peru — Felicita Chipana was at work when the Rimac River began to rise. By the time she got home, her kitchen was gone, swept away by floodwaters that left scores of families homeless on the east side of this sprawling capital city. “We have no water, no electricity, and there are mosquitoes everywhere,” […]
Local
Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and Richmond Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo’s statement on the governor’s veto of a bill defending the right of religious organizations to practice their faith: For the second straight year, Governor McAuliffe has vetoed legislation that would have protected clergy and religious organizations from being punished by the state because they […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Pope Francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, thus paving the way for their canonization.
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — The third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee for Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, continued along similar lines of questioning and failed to spark high drama. When asked again about his stance on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 court decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand, […]
National
By George P. Matysek Jr.
WASHINGTON — Cardinal William H. Keeler, Baltimore’s 14th archbishop, who was an international leader in Catholic-Jewish relations and the driving force behind the restoration of America’s first cathedral, died March 23 at his residence at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. He was 86. The archdiocese said the cardinal will lie in repose […]
