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By Elizabeth Wong Barnsteadâ¦catholic News Service
DETROIT – People who are looking to gain a new perspective on the world should consider traveling instead of continuously putting it off. That’s the advice of John Findlater, a former Catholic school teacher in the Archdiocese of Detroit who now does educational consulting and has arranged more than 50 trips and pilgrimages abroad. For […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde celebrated Mass at St. Ambrose Church in Annandale June 27 as part of an event called “Religious liberty … for how long? How to prepare spiritually for the coming persecution.” The event marked the annual Fortnight for Freedom, a USCCB initiative for religious liberty. Following the Supreme Court’s ruling the […]
National
By Julie Asher | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Analyzing the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s June 26 same-sex marriage ruling for the Catholic Church at the national, state and local levels will take time, said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore. It has implications for “hundreds, if not thousands” of laws at all levels, and there is “a difficult road ahead […]
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By Bill Dodds | Catholic News Service
We froze our first summer in Seattle. I had just finished sixth grade when my family left the Midwest for this strange new land. It never got really warm during the days. And the nights were always cold. Then, too, there were the number of gray days versus the number of sunny days. I don’t […]
Movies
Splendid animated comedy, founded on strong values, in which an 11-year-old girl’s (voice of Kaitlyn Dias) personified emotions – principally Joy (voice of Amy Poehler) and Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith) – struggle to help her cope with the crisis brought on by her family’s move from Minnesota to San Francisco. Aided by top-notch supporting […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Staff Writer Katie Scott’s second place award for individual excellence as a writer led the way as the Arlington Catholic Herald received 15 awards in the 2015 Catholic Press Association awards competition. The sample of Scott’s diverse writing this year included: a report on binge drinking among young adults; how social service agencies are dealing […]
Movies
Humans are mere dinosaur fodder in this extension of the $2 billion-grossing sci-fi franchise that dates back to 1993’s “Jurassic Park,” Steven Spielberg’s wildly popular adaptation of Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel. The potential victims of the latest crop of genetically recreated prehistoric predators who, for a price, can be observed at the resort of the […]
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By Christine Stoddard
As attacks against Christians in the Middle East continue, Christianity and Islam peacefully converged at the Seventh North American Syriac Symposium June 21-24 at Catholic University in Washington. Scholars explored everything from the portrayals of the Virgin Mary in the Quran to Christian law in medieval Iraq, with an emphasis on late antiquity. In his […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Is spiritual direction intended only for a small elite group composed of clergy and nuns and a handful of laity with special vocations? Not really. Direction is generally for serious Christians, whether cleric, religious or lay. But since that is seldom said these days, it needs explaining. Here goes. Spiritual direction can be described many […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – In an effort to render the Vatican more effective in today’s digital world, Pope Francis established a new Secretariat for Communications, whose aim is to coordinate and streamline the Holy See’s multiple communications outlets. The development of digital media, with its converging technologies and interactive capabilities, “requires a rethinking of the information […]
