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By Agostino Bono | Catholic News Service
Although popes are first and foremost heads of the Catholic Church, political issues historically have rivaled spiritual ones as topics of concern. Even today, when a pope no longer holds temporal power, he still wields international influence as head of a respected transnational organization applying moral values to hot-button world situations. Even without political clout, […]
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By Christine Stoddard
When Holy Spirit Church in Annandale was founded in 1964, Richmond Bishop John Russell could not have anticipated that the parish would become a gathering place for Eritrean refugees 50 years later. Eritrea separated from Ethiopia in 1991 following fighting that dated back to the 1960s. The country received international recognition of its independence in […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
The inexorable passage of time that any father faces is, well, humbling. Our children race through the days and years, and we wonder what sticks. But as anyone knows, we carry memories of our dads with us. Heaven knows why only a few moments – words, gestures, embraces – arise from the dross of time. […]
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By Stacy Rausch
“What’s that thing on your wrist?” I hear this question a lot in reference to the Fitbit Flex strapped to my wrist day and night. The Fitbit is a fitness tracker that does so much more than count your steps – like the small, less accurate pedometers you may have clipped to your waistband at […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Father Jose Eugenio Hoyos, director of Arlington’s Spanish Apostolate, attended “Called to Holiness for a New Evangelization,” the third worldwide priests’ retreat, June 9-12 at the Papal Archbasilica of St. John the Lateran in Rome, where clerics from five continents reflected upon the Charismatic Renewal and new evangelization. Speakers and celebrants included Pope Francis, the […]
Global
By Anto Akkara | Catholic News Service
BANGALORE, India – Not every bishop is a cartoonist. But Bishop Stephen Rotluanga of Aizawl in northeast India is. He has become known as the “cartoonist bishop of India.” That’s because at the end of every major gathering of the Indian bishops, Bishop Rotluanga would summarize the proceedings succinctly and strikingly in a large cartoon. […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – In a benediction delivered at Normandy in France during events to mark the 71st anniversary of D-Day, a U.S. archbishop prayed that God would “help us never to forget the sacrifices of this place and to be energetic so that war is never renewed.” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese of […]
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By Dave Borowski
Father John Cregan was born in Bronx, N.Y., Nov. 13 1939, to Christopher and Mary Cregan. He graduated from Fordham University and then served more than 20 years in the Marine Corps, serving tours in North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Cuba, Japan and Vietnam. He felt the call to the priesthood in 1969 while lying in […]
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By Russell Shaw
The first and arguably most important thing to say about the Pew Research Center’s new overview of American religion is that it offers no grounds for either complacency or panic. What it does instead is invite – perhaps demand – that it be taken very seriously by responsible church people. In its first “religious landscape” […]
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By Philippe Vaillancourt | Catholic News Service
QUEBEC CITY – With the decision to close one of its largest and most important churches, the Archdiocese of Quebec is sending a clear message: The future of even the most majestic churches cannot be guaranteed anymore. One last Mass was celebrated last month in renowned St. John the Baptist Church. Dedicated to the patron […]
