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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore have urged the House and Senate to pass the Conscience Protection Act of 2017. They called it “essential legislation protecting the fundamental rights of health care providers … to ensure that those providing much-needed health care and health coverage […]
Local
By Lou Baldwin
William C. “Bill” Peffley Jr., 87, the owner along with his wife, Mary, of the Catholic Shop in Norristown, Pa., and a major force in the Legion of Mary, died Jan. 31. At his funeral Mass at Holy Saviour Church in Norristown, Father Francis Peffley, his son and parochial vicar of St. Mary of Sorrows […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The Diocese of Coimbra concluded its phase of the sainthood cause of Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the three children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. Bishop Virgilio Antunes of Coimbra formally closed the local phase of investigation into her life and holiness Feb. 13 in the Carmelite […]
Columns
By Maureen Pratt
“Confession is good for the soul,” they say. I agree. I also find that it helps us to live well no matter what our station or situation in life, especially if we make it a time to move fully out of our comfort zone. During Lent and Advent, nearby parishes regularly have reconciliation services that […]
Columns
By Richard Doerflinger
An earlier column discussed “being Catholic first” — how our moral vision should judge partisan positions, not vice versa. Also essential for a Catholic view of politics is a sense of perspective, or “taking the long view.” Let’s begin with what common sense tells us. Success and failure are equally aspects of human life. “Sometimes […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
In setting out to confront a problem, it’s necessary to understand its causes in order to apply realistic solutions. Child poverty in America provides a painful illustration of what comes of ignoring that truism. Since the mid-1960s, the government has spent more than $22 trillion fighting poverty. In that time the rate of child poverty […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Bishop’s Homily Feb. 9 The following homily was given by Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge at the Virginia Vespers service at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond. “There is cause for rejoicing here. You may for a time have to suffer the distress of many trials; but this is so that your faith, […]
Local
By Nick Versaw
The Virginia Senate narrowly approved a bill Feb. 13 that would allow home-schooled students across the commonwealth to play high school sports. HB 1578, commonly known as the “Tebow Bill,” would eliminate a statewide ban prohibiting home-schooled students from participating in high school athletics and other interscholastic activities. The Senate voted 22-18 in favor of […]
Local
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
“Dead Man Walking,” an opera based on Sister Helen Prejean’s book of the same name, will give attendees the opportunity to see the effect of the death penalty on a certain subset of people, according to Michael Solomon, senior press representative for the Washington National Opera.
Nobody’s perfect
A reflection on the Gospel reading (Mt 5:38-48) for the seventh Sunday in ordinary time.