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By Connor Bergeron
Anointed with holy oil, those with visible and invisible illness, received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick at St. Ambrose Church in Annandale.
Local
By Zoey Maraist
A new book reveals demographic trends in the Catholic Church in America.
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Celebrating the 100th anniversary of apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Francis will lead the evening recitation of rosary and celebrate Mass on the anniversary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima when he visits Portugal May 12-13. The pope will make the two-day pilgrimage to the site where Mary […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Hear confession every time someone asks, Pope Francis said, and don’t ever put limited hours on the sacrament of reconciliation. “Please, let there never be those signs that say, ‘Confessions: Mondays and Wednesdays from this time to that time,'” he told hundreds of confessors and other participants attending an annual course sponsored […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Young men and women can live a true experience of the church by joining together and reconnecting with the past, Pope Francis told Catholic young people. “The genuine experience of the church is not like a flash mob, where people agree to meet, do their thing and then go their separate ways,” […]
Schools
The cheerleading team of Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria was named National Grand Champion March 4 at the Christian Cheerleaders of America (CCA) National Championships in Fayetteville, N.C. The Cardinals won top honors in both the music and non-music categories and were named the 2017 CCA National Grand Champion. This was their […]
Schools
Nine diocesan high school seniors were named finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. The finalists include: Samuel Paparo of Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria; Grace Halford of Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington; and Maria Horner of Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries. According to Paul VI Catholic […]
Schools
By Catie Moore and Ruth Hartung
Catie Moore, who plays Mother Abbess in “The Sound of Music” at Seton School in Manassas, shares her perspective on the production. At the beginning of the show, it is dark and silent. Slowly, a single voice fills the air with a haunting verse. Forty nuns, lit only by candlelight, walk on stage singing in […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
It is commonplace to say that America, along with other Western countries, is currently experiencing a cultural — which is to say: moral — crisis. And, in some quarters at least, it’s hardly less common to say this presents the church with both a challenge and an opportunity. The opportunity is to save America by […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I have been wondering about the origin of the Hail Mary prayer. I realize that the first part is from the Scriptures, when Mary is greeted by her cousin Elizabeth, but when was the complete prayer introduced in the church and who were its authors? (Northern New Jersey) A. As to the first part […]
