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By Katie Scott
“Go-getter” only comes close to capturing Terry Beatley, whose unyielding drive springs not from personal ambition but from an even more powerful motivator: a love of life and a relentless quest for truth. The 51-year-old founder and president of the Vienna-based Hosea Initiative, an organization dedicated to educating women about deception in the abortion industry, […]
Schools
The Catholic University in Washington’s School of Business and Economics has received a commitment of $3 million to hire four additional faculty to teach management and share a common focus in research on the integration of Catholic social doctrine within business professions. The commitments include: $1.75 million from the Charles Koch Foundation; $500,000 from the […]
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VATICAN CITY – A 10th-century Armenian monk has been named among the doctors of the church. Pope Francis approved the designation for St. Gregory of Narek during a meeting Feb. 21 with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. The church confers this designation on saints whose writings are considered to offer […]
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By Russell Shaw
The likelihood that the Supreme Court will announce its discovery of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage next June raises an obvious question for the Catholic Church: What do we do now? Two steps come to mind. First, press for strong legal protections for individuals and institutions conscientiously unable to cooperate with a legal regime […]
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Q: I must confess first to a bias, because St. John the Evangelist is my baptismal patron saint, but I have always wondered why – in the A, B and C cycles of Scriptural readings for Sunday Mass – the rotation includes only the Gospels written by Matthew, Mark and Luke. – A reader in […]
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By Soren Johnson
“Dad,” my 9-year-old son yelled over his brothers and sisters from the back seat on a recent drive home from town, “this is where we heard on the radio that Dallas lost to the Packers.” “Right here?” I asked the diehard Cowboys fan incredulously. We were passing a corn field outside of town. “Yeah, I […]
Columns
Queens are rare today, but for many centuries just about every nation in the world had a queen. Although the world has evolved politically, devotion to St. Hedwig has been strong and constant among Poles and Lithuanians, who remember her not only as a skillful ruler, but also as a devout woman who was especially generous to the needy.
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By Nick Macedonia
A wise friend of mine posed one of the most haunting questions I have ever heard: “If you only had one hour to spend with your child, would you take it?” My answer was “Yes,” and it turned out to be one of the most profound and joyful decisions of my life. My precious daughter, […]
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Senior Jonquanae Cole had 16 points and 14 rebounds to lead Paul VI Catholic High School of Fairfax over Good Counsel to earn its second straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference crown. The game was played Feb. 26 at American University’s Bender Arena. On the boys’ side, Gonzaga upset top-seed DeMatha 77-68 in double overtime. Sam […]
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