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By Catholic News Service
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend said he disagreed with University of Notre Dame officials for honoring Vice President Joe Biden with the Laetare Medal for outstanding service to the Catholic Church and society. He said Biden’s stance of not opposing abortion and his support of same-sex marriage make […]
Columns
By Ann M. Augherton
What is the difference between the traditional soda bread and tea cake?
Global
By Barb Fraze
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that atrocities carried out by the Islamic State group against Yezidis, Christians and other minorities were genocide, the first U.S. declaration of genocide since Sudanese actions in Darfur in 2004. Kerry said he was not judge and jury, but the Islamic State had self-defined itself as […]
Global
By Nancy Wiechec
OSWIECIM, Poland – The Auschwitz memorial and museum is setting aside days exclusively for World Youth Day pilgrims who want to tour the former Nazi death camp. The museum has set aside July 20-28 and Aug. 1-3 for participants in World Youth Day, which runs July 26-21 in Krakow, about one-and-a-half hours away. World Youth […]
Global
By Sam Lucero
DE PERE, Wis. – Lisa Kristine was 11 when her aunt and uncle gave her an Olympus 35 mm camera. From a converted darkroom in her home in California, she developed black-and-white film and printed images of family and friends. “They weren’t the typical ‘everybody say cheese’ images,” said Kristine. Even then, her photos had […]
Columns
By Karen Osborne
The movie “The Bucket List” inspired the public to reflect on what each person wants to do before he or she dies. Ever since the movie came out a few years ago, everyone seems to have been busy imagining what they want to do in life. Even teens I know have made bucket lists. From […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
For their inaugural Feed a Family event March 13, St. Luke Church in McLean set a modest goal – feed 250 families. They exceeded their goal. The 100 St. Luke parishioners – mostly families – came out on a dreary Sunday afternoon to support the nutritional needs of other families in the diocese. The group […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
In December, three young men became the fifth generation of the Hassan family to become full members of the Knights of Columbus. Patrick, 17, William, 18, and Matt, 21, raised their hands to take the third-degree oath at the Father Herman J. Veger Council in Warrenton as their Knight father, Matthew David, and their Knight […]
Local
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
When Alannah Sweeney needed to help pay for her tuition as a senior at Seton School in Manassas, she turned to a skill she picked up as a child: Irish dance. Sweeney’s informal classes teaching other Seton students became so popular that when she left to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville, her older sister, Ellen […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
When her husband unexpectedly died of a stroke, Jane White turned to her parish bereavement group for support. “It helped me a lot to go that first time, to cry openly and have people understand why I was crying,” she said. The bereavement group, from St. Timothy Church in Chantilly, meditated on the seven sorrows […]
