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By Richard Doerflinger
This past presidential campaign, one of the most bruising and discouraging on record, left many of us dissatisfied with the electoral system and politics in general. As usual, Catholics voted for the winning candidate — despite internal divisions between churchgoers and nonchurchgoers and between white and Hispanic Catholics. And as usual, Catholics’ tendency to pick […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
Spend a day in a surgery waiting room and you’ll witness a hundred quiet acts of mercy. Strangers gather for a host of reasons with a common cause: to sit beneath the slowest clock and wait it out. They make calls, utter prayers and flip through magazines, and in their anxiety, they extend morsels of […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
The following is inspired by C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters, a fictionalized correspondence between two demons. My Dear Wormwood, Your last letter delighted me to no end and only heightened my pride as your uncle. You reported that your patient is “busy” and “stressed,” “overwhelmed” with the demands of “balancing” his job, marriage, and young children. […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
The new diocesan website comes on the heels of the new Catholic Herald website.
Local
By Mary Lee Clark and Tyler Hammel
RICHMOND – Attorney General Mark Herring, flanked by Gov. Terry McAuliffe, announced Jan. 31 that Virginia is taking legal action against President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Herring called the order “unconstitutional and unlawful.” He said Virginia is already being hurt by the immigration ban. Herring said it affects […]
Local
By Megan Corsano and Amelia Heymann
RICHMOND — A bill seeking to defund Planned Parenthood cleared a House subcommittee Jan. 31on a 4-1 vote. HB 2264, introduced by Del. Ben Cline, R-Amherst, “would prohibit the Virginia Department of Health from granting funds or entering into contracts with certain health care providers that perform abortion.” More specifically, it would cut off Title […]
Schools
By Connor Bergeron
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge fields student questions during Catholic Schools Week visit.
Local
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Lisa Marie Cheney starts every day in prayer and thanks. Adopted when she was 4 days old and raised by single mother Kathryn McKeown, Cheney gives back to the community for all she has been given.
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
As the Sovereign Military Order of Malta accepted Pope Francis' intervention in their governance, the pope urged members to follow a path of renewal as they prepare to elect a new grand master.
Schools
By Connor Bergeron
Bishop Burbidge visits local high school in honor of its namesake and 60th anniversary.
