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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. Today I was chatting with a friend who is a Buddhist. She does not have a deep knowledge of the Bible and she talked about Mary Magdalene as a great sinner and former prostitute who developed a romantic relationship with Jesus. I wanted to correct her, but I couldn’t find the right words. Can […]
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By Katie Scott
“As I stared at her, Charles talked to her. We unwrapped her and looked at her face and counted her fingers and toes just like anyone would do with a newborn. But unlike most newborns, she didn’t cry.” Mary McCarthy Hines, a parishioner of St. Raymond of Peñafort Church in Springfield, and her husband, Charles, […]
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By Katie Scott
When Kara Palladino lost a child through miscarriage about a year ago, she knew she wanted to bury the baby in a way that honored her Catholic faith. But after calling a long list of funeral homes and cemeteries, she couldn’t find any with a plan in place to bury and memorialize an infant lost […]
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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – For a spiritual leader who denounces a world divided by walls, a church shuttered by cliques and hearts hardened to compassion, opening wide the Holy Door for the Year of Mercy will be a significant and symbolic moment for Pope Francis. In Catholic tradition, the Holy Door represents the passage to salvation […]
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By Mike Flach
St. Mark Parish in Vienna celebrated faith, family and community Nov. 22 as it observed its 50th anniversary with the help of Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde and Bishop Anthony Justs, bishop emeritus of Jelgava, Latvia, and former pastor at St. Mark’s. Fathers Patrick Holroyd, pastor, and Paul Grankauskas, parochial vicar, were among more than […]
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By Koorosh Malek
The students of Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington collected nearly 10,000 cans of soup for Catholic Charities’ Christ House in Alexandria as part of their annual soup drive. “It is a simple way to help the community and show our compassion for other individuals in our area who may not be as fortunate,” said […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
A seminarian from the Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., was lifting weights one day when he collapsed on the ground. He lost oxygen to his brain for more than 20 minutes and was rushed to the hospital, where doctors feared the young man would never regain consciousness. From miles away, the cardinal and bishops from […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Deacon Richard P. Smith died Nov. 17 at Mary Washington Hospital Center in Fredericksburg. Deacon Smith was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1933. He was a parishioner of St. Vincent Church in Hanover, Pa., and graduated from Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown, Pa. After high school, he enlisted in the Air Force. […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
The fourth- and fifth-graders at St. Ambrose School in Annandale were all ready to explore the National Air and Space Museum Nov. 17 when Catholic schools were advised not to travel into the capital city. “In light of the recent happenings and the increased security in some areas, you are urged to not have your […]
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