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Local

Police officer replaces stolen rosary

By Zoey Maraist

The grateful victim says, ‘good can come out of evil.’ 

Global

Four nuns killed when truck hits van in Ethiopia

By Catholic News Service
NEW YORK (CNS) — Four Daughters of St. Anne sisters — including the provincial superior — were killed in a crash about 80 miles south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Catholic Near East Welfare Association reported. Four other sisters were traveling in the van when it was hit by a truck en route to Hawassa March […]
Local

More than 700 men ‘gird for battle’ at the annual men’s conference.

By Connor Bergeron

Keynote speakers Father James R. Searby, chaplain at George Mason University's Catholic Campus Ministry; Ralph Martin, president of Renewal Ministries; and best-selling author Scott Hahn spoke to more than 700 men to encourage their duty as defenders at the annual Men's Conference.

Local

Five day trips to deepen your faith

By Elizabeth A. Elliott
You’ve spent the daily commute to work stuck in endless traffic. You feel the need to get away, but the last thing you want to do is get back in the car. Your spiritual life might have taken the backburner to daily obligations. Sometimes getting away from home can provide an opportunity to reconnect with […]
Schools

Alms for Noah’s ark

By Ashleigh Buyers

Families in South America will receive life-sustaining assistance in the form of goats, chickens, cows and beehives thanks to the efforts of St. Leo the Great School in Fairfax.  

Local

Fatima statue will visit the diocese as part of the 100th anniversary of the apparitions

By Elizabeth A. Elliott

Martha Tueros dreams of visiting Fatima with her daughter, Isabella Fatima. In the meantime, a bit of Fatima is coming to her. Tueros, a parishioner of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Fredericksburg, will be among the crowds to see the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima when it tours the Arlington Diocese March 20-25 through the World Apostolate of Fatima U.S.A.  

National

Trump visits Catholic school in Florida to show school choice support

By Catholic News Service
ORLANDO, Fla. — President Donald Trump visited St. Andrew Catholic School in Orlando March 3 to show his support for school choice. The president was joined by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott in a tour of the school that started with a visit to a fourth-grade […]
National

Bishops: Congress must consider budget’s moral, human dimensions

By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — The chairmen of six U.S. bishops’ policy committees March 3 told members of the House and Senate that every decision they will make on the federal budget “should be assessed by whether it protects or threatens human life and dignity. A central moral measure of any budget proposal is how it affects ‘the […]
Columns

Fasting creates space for prayer

By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — There is no getting around fasting during Lent.   Not only is it one of the three pillars of spiritual practice along with prayer and almsgiving, but it also bookends the period of preparation for Easter.   Fasting and abstinence is required of adult Catholics, ages 18-59, at the start of Lent on […]

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