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By Catholic News Service
ALBANY, N.Y. – Sister Mary Rose McGeady, who took over Covenant House for homeless youth after its founder was accused of financial and sexual improprieties, died of respiratory failure in Albany Sept. 13 at the age of 84. Arrangements for her funeral Mass in Albany and a memorial service in New York City were incomplete. […]
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By Catholic News Service
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Msgr. Edward J. Arsenault, president and CEO of St. Luke Institute in Silver Spring, has resigned in the wake of an investigation into an alleged inappropriate adult relationship and the uncovering of possible illegal financial dealings in the Diocese of Manchester, N.H. The resignation of Msgr. Arsenault, a priest of the […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
ROME – The first of Rome’s four major basilicas to receive a visit from Pope Francis after his election March 13 was not the closest one, St. Peter’s, which sits under the “Loggia of the Blessings” from which the new pontiff first appeared to the world. Instead, at 8 the next morning, in a gesture […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
TERNI, Italy – The liturgical feast of St. Valentine, removed from general church calendar in the late 1960s, continues to be celebrated with special Masses, a marathon and fireworks in Terni, which claims the saint as its former bishop. While the Catholic Church remains convinced there was a third-century martyr named Valentine, a lack of […]
National
By Chelsea Weikart Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service Oct. 10 released a Christmas stamp featuring an image of the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt. A ceremony to celebrate the first day of issue of the stamp took place at the Washington National Cathedral of the Episcopal Church. The portrayal of the Holy Family is a change from […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – A set of national standards and benchmarks for Catholic schools – defining what makes them unique and providing ways to measure their effectiveness – was released March 7. The publication: “National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools” is the result of a collaborative effort by the Center for Catholic […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – Seven states have filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) mandate that nearly all health insurance plans cover contraceptives free of charge, saying that it violates religious freedom and leaves “countless additional religious freedoms vulnerable to government intrusion.” Joining the attorneys general of Nebraska, South Carolina, Michigan, Texas, Florida, […]
Movies
Change is in the air in 1950s Catholic Ireland, and a discontented parish priest (Martin Sheen) struggles to keep his flock – and himself – from spiritual exhaustion in director Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s adaptation of Michael Doorley’s memoir. Ordered by his bishop (Tom Hickey) to build a new church, the pastor lights on a novel scheme […]
Movies
Top-notch choreography gets lost amid half-baked political posturing and self-indulgent sentimentality in first-time director Scott Speer’s dance sequel. The hackneyed plot of this fourth installment in the franchise — which began with 2006’s “Step Up” — focuses on a Miami urbanite (Ryan Guzman) who, together with his best friend since childhood (Misha Gabriel), leads a […]
Local
Local residents can be screened for their risk of stroke or bone fracture May 10 at Kemper Macon Ware Lodge, 411 Little Falls St., Falls Church. The screenings, offered by Life Line Screening, a provider of community-based preventive health screenings, will identify potential cardiovascular conditions including blocked arteries and irregular heart rhythm, abdominal aortic aneurysms, […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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