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By Cindy Wooden
ROME – Walking in a crowded Rome neighborhood with his prayer beads wrapped around one hand, Hassan said, “You must write: Big thanks to the pope because he helps my kids – really.” Hassan and his family, who are Muslim, are being hosted by a Catholic parish in Rome. Out of concern for their safety, […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has named Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda to head the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. His appointment was announced in Washington March 24 by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Coadjutor archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, since 2013, Archbishop Hebda has been apostolic administrator of the Minnesota […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
Every day, nuns around the country take care of the sick, teach children, serve the homeless and pray without ceasing. But March 23, more than 150 of them left their ministries to support their fellow religious women. They gathered as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the Little Sister of the Poor’s case against […]
Local
By Katie Scott
In “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis condemns a culture of self-interest and overconsumption, leading some to claim the pontiff is anti-business. While the characterization is inaccurate, the pope is “vigorously proclaiming” the need for business leaders to adopt a deepened sense of responsibility for those on the peripheries and to […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
Excavating my desk recently, I found the program notes from a Tallis Scholars concert my wife and I had attended a few months ago. The Tallis Scholars are a marvelous a capella ensemble, but most of their music that night was rather too minimalist for my tastes. In any event, the author of the program […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
In 1239, Dominican friars gave King Louis IX of France what Christians believed was the crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus after His trial by Pontius Pilate. The crown was kept on His head as a way of mocking the Savior on His path on the Via Dolorosa to the cross. King […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
I’m in a precarious position as I write this column. It is the Friday before Palm Sunday. We are but a few days from Holy Week. This column will be published on Holy Thursday, just as the most somber days of the year begin. Three days later, it will be Easter, the most jubilant day […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. Unless illness prevented it, I have attended daily Mass most of my life. (I love starting the day with the Lord in his house!) Now in my late 80s, I have already paid for my funeral arrangements. Because I have only a few relatives still living, I have requested that there not be a […]
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Fr. Noah C. Morey celebrates Palm Sunday Mass at All Saints Church in Manassas, blessing palms and leading a reading of Christ’s passion. Photos from the Palm Sunday Mass can be purchased here . Photos from the Spanish Palm Sunday Mass can be purchased here .
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