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By Russell Shaw
Let’s begin by recognizing that the case of the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because same-sex marriage conflicts with her religious faith raises questions that both sides in this argument need to take seriously. Up to a point, this particular dispute has been settled – more or less. […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
St. Mark School in Vienna and Our Lady of Hope School in Potomac Falls were selected as Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education. The announcement was made Sept. 29. Fifty private schools were honored. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are […]
Local
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
The five Visitation sisters were just looking for a quiet, shady spot to eat their Booeymonger sandwiches before the big canonization Mass Sept. 23 – not trying to start a media firestorm. But when they unwittingly pulled into a parking lot reserved for the press behind the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I am having a hard time understanding why a Catholic church closed by a bishop can no longer be used for Masses, weddings and funerals. For more than 100 years, this particular church – built by my great-great-grandparents – was considered sacred ground. Now my grandson wants to get married in that beautiful little […]
National
By Catholic News Service
PHILADELPHIA – Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at Jesuit-run St. Joseph’s University Sept. 27, greeting campus officials, students and religious leaders. The pope made the visit on his way en route from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, where he was staying, to downtown Philadelphia for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families. The […]
National
By David Sedeno
PHILADELPHIA – Pope Francis met with a group of survivors of sexual abuse Sept. 27 and later told bishops that he was overwhelmed by a sense of embarrassment and was committed to holding accountable those who harmed children. In a meeting with cardinals, bishops, priests and seminarians at St. Charles Borromeo, the pope prefaced his […]
National
By Cindy Wooden
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PHILADELPHIA – As the American Airlines plane taking him to Rome from Philadelphia took off, Pope Francis said he pictured the faces of all the people he met, and he prayed for them. At the end of his first-ever visit to the United States, the pope told reporters he “was […]
National
By David Agren
PHILADELPHIA – Pope Francis ended his trip to the United States with a call for Catholics to keep the enthusiasm of the visit, while continuing to welcome newcomers and care for creation. “Do not let your enthusiasm for Jesus, his church, our families, and the broader family of society run dry,” Pope Francis said at […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski
PHILADELPHIA – Pope Francis urged the hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families to serve and care for each other as freely as God loves the human family. The pope called upon the faithful to embrace signs that the Holy Spirit can work through everyone. He […]
National
By Cindy Wooden
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Not far from where the Liberty Bell is on display, Pope Francis urged the people of the United States to continue to “proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof,” as the bell’s inscription says. Meeting Sept. 26 with members of the Hispanic community and immigrants at Independence National […]
