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By Elizabeth Foss
We’re a few days into 2023 now, and some of us are hustling to get those resolutions in order so that they still “count.” The new year dawned (maybe even at dawn), and we were tired. We meant to come up with some really great plans, a guiding word for the year, a solid resolution […]
Schools
By Emma Fox
In the 1990s, a petition called “We Are Church,” which denied fundamental truths of the Catholic faith, started in Germany and began spreading to other countries. The petition advocated for women priests and denied papal authority and priestly celibacy. When it reached the U.S., the petition was mailed out to Catholic high schools, including to […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
What better time than the new year to right old wrongs? For an embarrassing number of years, I missed one of life’s basics: As a young married man, I sped into each new day without spending time before the Lord. First came our wedding. Then 9/11. A fixer-upper project, just in time for our firstborn’s […]
Local
By Meghan Bartlett
Anne Coyne retired once before. After 29 years in the U.S. Air Force, she had “maxed out” her career, she said. Now she’s ready to retire again after directing St. Martin de Porres Senior Center in Alexandria for five years. Coyne grew up in New York and graduated from Rosary Academy. She earned a certificate […]
Local
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated a Mass in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at St. Bernadette Church in Springfield Jan. 15. Following Mass, there was a light reception.
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ condemnations of the threat of nuclear war are “indispensable,” said the head of the U.N. nuclear energy agency. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Jan. 12. He also met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop […]
Global
By Justin McLellan
ROME — The United States’ chief advocate for religious freedom expressed his “disappointment” in the Vatican over its provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops in the country. Nury A. Turkel, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, met with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, at the Vatican Jan 12. […]
Pope Francis
The executive committee of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference invited the country’s faithful to celebrate “with joy and fervor” the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the successor of St. Peter. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, then archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected pontiff on March 13, 2013, on the second day of the conclave […]
National
By Jonah McKeown
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Jan. 11 condemning recent attacks of vandalism, violence and destruction against pro-life facilities, groups and churches, and called on the Biden administration to investigate and prosecute the crimes. House Resolution 1233, introduced by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), affirms “the sanctity of life and the important role pro-life […]
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