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By Effie Caldarola
January can be a drag, a real letdown. The remaining Christmas cookies are stale crumbs, and the tree, once so respected, has been ingloriously dragged out of the house to be recycled into mulch. One by one, the Christmas lights in the neighborhood have gone out, as if some festive power grid is failing, and […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama unveiled a series of executive orders Jan. 5 intended to make a dent in gun violence in the United States, people reacted. And how. “Thank God that someone finally has the courage to close the loopholes in our pitiful gun control laws to reduce the number of mass shootings, […]
Local
By Mike Flach
One of Virginia’s most active abortion clinics is located a little more than a mile from Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria. According to state records, 1,613 abortions were performed there in 2014. Pro-lifers gather the third Saturday of each month to pray the rosary and witness for life in front of the Alexandria Women’s […]
Local
By Katie Scott
Mothers and daughters can share one of life’s most cherished relationships, one that begins at birth and deepens into adulthood. But there are rough patches, especially during adolescence, when family life becomes especially hectic and teens are given and assert more independence. A retreat sponsored by St. Timothy Church in Chantilly Jan. 30-31 will be […]
Pope Francis
Tourists in Rome come in all shapes and sizes. Three camels with their handlers mingled with tourists in St. Peter’s Square in Rome for the traditional parade marking the Feast of the Epiphany Jan. 6.
Books
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Arms flailing, the exuberant and perhaps hyperactive Italian actor and comedian Roberto Benigni described Pope Francis as a masterful minister of God’s mercy, which is always active and always on the move. Benigni brought the house down Jan. 12 during the presentation of the new book-length interview with Pope Francis, “The Name […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
HONG KONG – Catholic communities in China’s northeastern provinces are using social media to evangelize in the freezing and smoggy winter while still offering pastoral care directly to the elderly Catholics to fill the digital gap. In Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning provinces, the average temperature drops below freezing for four to six months a year. […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
Oprah Winfrey has joined Weight Watchers, which means she is not only a card-carrying, point-counting member of the weight-loss club, she is also a part owner. That’s how you do it when you’re Oprah: You go big or you don’t bother. For the 61-year-old billionaire, news of her involvement in the company and her investment […]
National
By Patricia Coll Freeman
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Retired Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of Anchorage died Jan. 10 at his home in Anchorage. He was two days shy of his 89th birthday. He served as archbishop for a quarter-century, from 1976 to 2001. For six years before that, Archbishop Hurley was a bishop in Juneau. “In the death of Archbishop […]
‘Do whatever He tells you’