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The Family of Man Council 7566 of the Knights of Columbus in Reston awarded $1,000 scholarships to three students: Leo Weeks, Catherine Claman and Luke Lodge. The council awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors and college students to help with the costs of higher education. Applicants for the scholarship submitted an essay demonstrating their […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
HYDERABAD, Pakistan — Bishop Samson Shukardin has called for help for thousands affected by floods that have devastated his diocese and many other areas of Pakistan. “I am receiving a lot of phone calls for help from my priests and people in various parishes of the diocese,” said the bishop. “Ninety percent of the territory […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The world will keep witnessing wars, violence and injustice as long as people fail to understand that true freedom comes from seeking God’s will, love and mercy, Pope Francis said. Only when one’s heart is filled with mercy can life be lived with joy, and when life is lived by humbly serving […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — In a ceremony to create 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis encouraged the College of Cardinals to have the same spiritual zeal for all people, whether they are in positions of power or ordinary Christians. “A cardinal loves the church, always with that same spiritual fire, whether dealing with great questions or handling […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Becoming a member of the broad, unique body of the College of Cardinals is both a great honor and an invitation to help promote a renewal of the Catholic Church’s mission of evangelization, some new cardinals said. With 20 newly created cardinals representing 16 countries, and with the entire college of 226 […]
Schools
By Ana Lucia Batista
Eighth graders at St. Ann School in Arlington will start the school year sporting the school’s exclusive sweatshirt with a brand-new logo unveiled at a fashion show Aug. 18. “We are launching a new logo, a refreshed logo, and an exclusive eighth grade sweatshirt just for our eighth graders,” said Oriana MacGregor, the school’s director […]
National
By Barb Umberger
PAUL, Minn. — Angela Franey, executive director of Abria Pregnancy Resources, said recent vandalism at the organization’s St. Paul location and dozens of similar attacks on pregnancy centers around the country reflect recent anger and misunderstanding around the issue of abortion. She also believes the damage also stems from a misunderstanding of the mission of […]
Global
By John Shaughnessy
INDIANAPOLIS — John Mundell considers it “an incredible honor” that he was recently chosen as the director of the worldwide effort to put Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” into action. At the same time, the member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Indianapolis feels a great responsibility to […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Fifty years have passed since St. Paul VI instituted the ministries of lector and acolyte, opening them to the laity, and Pope Francis wants a formal “dialogue” with the world’s bishops’ conferences to discuss their experiences with the ongoing promotion of the church’s ministries so they foster unity and evangelization. The pope […]
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