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This 3-D animated musical re-imagines the events of the first Holy Week through the adventures of a bunch of wisecracking animals. At the center of the tale is a spunky lamb (voice of Georgina Cordova) chosen as the Passover sacrifice because he is pure and unblemished. On the way to Jerusalem, he busts out of […]
Local
By Katie Bahr
It’s Flag Day in Kilmarnock and a group of local Catholics have gathered to pay their respects. Led by a group of men from the Infant Jesus of Prague Council of the Knights of Columbus, a crowd of nearly 30 adults and children process from the church to the parish hall across the street. A […]
Global
By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has named Italian Cardinal Angelo Scola as the new head of the Archdiocese of Milan, Italy’s largest diocese. Cardinal Scola, 69, has been patriarch of Venice since 2002. A respected theologian, he developed a reputation in Venice as an energetic pastor, raising the church’s profile in the civil arena. […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Father John Corapi, a priest of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, declared June 17 he was leaving the priesthood, contending he could not get a “fair hearing” on misconduct allegations that were lodged against him in March and which included what the priest said were sexual abuse charges. […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Following a lively debate on the first day of their spring general assembly near Seattle, the U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly to authorize preparation of a 50-page document on preaching for consideration in November 2012. St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson presented the proposal on behalf of the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington, announced June 13 that the university would be taking a stand against binge drinking and the “culture of hooking up” by phasing out coed dorms. He likened the move to a “slightly old-fashioned remedy” to combat what he described as the “two […]
Local
By Gretchen R. Crowe
During her eventful life, Toni Bosco has amassed plenty of reasons to have felt abandoned by God. A mentally ill mother, heavy responsibilities early in life, a disastrous arranged marriage, the death of three of her seven children – the list is a painful one. But, instead of turning her back on God, the 82-year-old […]
Local
By Katie Bahr
The Arlington Diocese recently released a new document intended to help sick and aging Catholics maintain responsibility for their own end-of-life decisions. The document, “Catholic Advance Medical Directives,” provides information about Catholic moral teaching, as well as medical and legal terminology, and allows a person to stipulate who will be in charge of their health […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Following are biograhpies of the new pastors and administrators recently appointed by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde: Father Thomas P. Ferguson, newly appointed pastor of Good Shepherd Parish in Alexandria, was born in Woodside, N.Y., on May 27, 1966, one of six children. After attending elementary school in Woodside, his family moved to Alexandria, where […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – As seven Republican candidates for president prepared for a June 13 debate in New Hampshire and others waited in the wings, there were signs that religion will play as big a role in the 2012 election as it has in other recent campaigns. Many of the declared or potential candidates lined up in […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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