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By Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky
Pascal famously said the first obligation of a Christian is to think clearly. Not bad as a sound bite and certainly not unexpected from the logical mind of a mathematician. Of course, Pascal derived his wisdom from the Lord Himself who promised: “But when He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you to […]
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By Soren Johnson
I was 4 years old, and not Catholic, when Karol Wojtyla was elected the 264th bishop of Rome. By the time I was 27 – and as he entered his final four years – the Lord would call me to the church. St. John Paul II was central to this pilgrimage of faith. So you […]
Schools
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria won the girls’ independent state lacrosse title, while Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington won the softball title. The Cardinals defeated St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes from Alexandria 12-10. The Knights defeated Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax 5-2. Both games were played May 15. Ireton’s Kayla Duperrouzel dominated the […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Reaction was mixed to the May 15 jury sentencing of death for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Tsarnaev had been convicted April 8 of all 30 counts lodged against him in the bombing, which killed three people and injured hundreds. Of those 30 counts, 17 carried the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Declaring four 19th-century women religious saints, Pope Francis said they are models for all Christians of how faith, nourished in prayer, is expressed concretely in acts of charity and the promotion of unity. The new saints, proclaimed during a Mass May 17 in St. Peter’s Square, included two Palestinians – Sts. Marie-Alphonsine, […]
Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY – The closer two people are to each other, the more care is required in respecting the other’s freedom and feelings, Pope Francis said. Even Jesus knocks at the door of a person’s heart awaiting permission to enter, he said May 13 at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. “Intimacy does […]
National
By Lou Baldwin
PHILADELPHIA — The wailing of sirens called Father Tom Higgins from his parish rectory and Sisters Linda Lukiewski and Julie Sertsch from their convent to the scene of the Amtrak train derailment the evening of May 12. At about 9:30 p.m., the TV news reported the wreck of Amtrak’s Northeast Regional Train 188, which started […]
National
By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – A major study of the religious landscape of the United States shows a continuing decline in the number of people who consider themselves part of any religion, with the largest shift occurring among the “millennial” generation. The Pew Research Center survey of 35,000 people, conducted in 2014, found that the percentage of Americans […]
Movies
Crass misogyny overwhelms any thoughtful considerations on the rapid development of artificial intelligence that this sometimes witty tale of a mad scientist (Oscar Isaac), his assistant (Domhnall Gleeson) and his buxom, skimpily clad creation (Alicia Vikander) might have to offer. Writer-director Alex Garland apparently presumes that a big naked finale doesn’t count as gratuitous if […]
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