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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Children may say the darnedest things, but when it comes to questions about faith they can make even the most learned parents and priests pause. “These are tough,” Pope Francis said when presented with questions from 30 children from around the world. Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, who went through the questions with […]
Global
By Simone Orendain
CEBU, Philippines – Maria Georgia “Maggie” Cogtas of Cebu told of a childhood without playing, only tough work as a garbage picker at dumpsites, construction sites and on the streets. Cogtas, 21, also told more than 12,000 people at the 51st International Eucharistic Congress about the massive celebration two weeks ago commemorating the Child Jesus, […]
National
By Colleen Jurkiewicz
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – During a recent Sunday morning Mass, the congregation at St. Dominic Church in Brookfield heard the second reading from Chapter 10 of the Acts of the Apostles in which Peter tells those gathered that whoever fears God and acts uprightly is acceptable to him. Given what worshippers witnessed moments earlier, Paul’s words […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. Regarding your recent column on forgiving ISIS: Must forgiveness be predicated on remorse and repentance by the offending party? I am thinking of Christ being crucified and saying, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing” – or St. Stephen forgiving those who had stoned him. (Greenwich, Conn.) Q. Jesus said […]
Local
By Brian Williams
RICHMOND – The Virginia Catholic Conference is urging the General Assembly to pass legislation to protect individuals and groups that have religious objections to same-sex marriage. Jeff Caruso, executive director of the Virginia Catholic Conference, stood with lawmakers Jan. 25 as they discussed various bills they said would ensure religious freedom. The measures included House […]
Bishop Burbidge
2022 Spring Confirmations MOST REVEREND MICHAEL F. BURBIDGE Bishop of Arlington Feb. 8, 7 p.m. — St. Michael, Annandale Feb. 15, 7 p.m. — St. John the Beloved, McLean Feb. 17, 7 p.m. — St. Rita, Alexandria Feb. 28, 7 p.m. — St. Andrew the Apostle, Clifton March 14, 7 p.m. — St. Charles Borromeo, […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – Saying he has “learned … seen so much,” Greg Erlandson is stepping down from his position as publisher at Our Sunday Visitor Inc., after nearly 27 years with the company. His last day on the job was to be Jan. 31. Erlandson told Catholic News Service that he was proud of efforts to […]
Global
By Simon Caldwell
MANCHESTER, England – It can take just one month to turn a disenfranchised teenage student into a fanatical Islamic terrorist, an English cardinal planned to warn Catholic teachers. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster planned to tell delegates at a London conference to guard against the Internet recruitment of vulnerable secondary school students by the Islamic […]
Schools
By Rachel Wilmans
Hannah Fulop, a senior at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, is the first student to take advantage of the school’s new Directed Independent Study (DIS) program. Under the guidance of science teachers Michael Potter and Eileen Liberti, Fulop is culturing and growing fruit fly cells without instructions and using lab procedures she’s designed […]
Schools
Catholic University in Washington received a $565,689 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.’s High School Youth Theology Institutes Initiative to establish a Light of the World Institute for high school students. Lilly’s initiative encourages young people to explore theological traditions, ask questions about the moral dimensions of contemporary issues and examine how their faith calls them […]
