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By Katie Scott
Pope Francis, in his historic address to Congress Sept. 24, encouraged and prodded the most powerful nation in the world to dig deep into its soul and act according to its greatest – if not ever-present – convictions. Using four figures from U.S. history, two of them lesser-known Catholics, the pope covered a range of […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
WASHINGTON – The past, the promise and the potential of the United States must not be smothered by bickering and even hatred at a time when the U.S. people and indeed the world need a helping hand, Pope Francis told the U.S. Congress. Making history by being the first pope ever to address a joint […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis made a previously unannounced 15-minute stop Sept. 23 at a Washington residence operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor, where he met with about 45 sisters. Sister Constance Veit, communications director for the Little Sisters, said the pope talked individually with each sister, ranging in age from novices to 102-year-old […]
National
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Pope Francis will become the first pope to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress when he arrives at the U.S. Capitol Sept. 24. After a private meeting with Rep. John Boehner, Speaker of the House, the Holy Father will enter the House chamber, where he will speak in English. After the address, the […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – Parishioners and visitors attending the predawn bilingual Mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church in Washington Sept. 23 were urged to pray that the pope’s words during his U.S. visit would have an impact. Pray that “all will hear his message and that this country will receive what he says: the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
WASHINGTON – Acknowledging the real challenges and burdens the U.S. bishops face in their ministry, Pope Francis shared with them his own experience as a pastor and urged them to keep their eyes focused on Jesus and their hearts open to others. “Woe to us,” he said, “if we make of the cross a banner […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
To mark the opening of the academic year, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde spoke of mercy and urged the community of Marymount University in Arlington to offer compassion, forgiveness and understanding to others during this year’s Mass of the Holy Spirit at the school’s Sacred Heart of Mary Chapel. Bishop Loverde noted that Pope Francis […]
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By Mary Stachyra Lopez
As Robby Renner sees it, there couldn’t have been a more symbolic way to start off the school year at The University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg than “literally following Christ” in a Eucharistic procession around campus. The senior geography major was part of a group of students that organized the procession and all-night adoration […]
Movies
Honorable but slack drama, based on real events, in which an escaped prisoner (David Oyelowo) on a murderous rampage takes a drug-addicted diner waitress (Kate Mara) hostage in her home. As the already fragile woman struggles to stay alive, she reads sections of Rick Warren’s self-help best-seller, The Purpose Driven Life, to her captor, hoping […]
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