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By Leslie Miller
Chris Donoghue was a cradle Catholic who went to church every Sunday, but the word “discipleship” was not part of his vocabulary growing up. “Disciples were the people in the Bible. We were Catholics,” he said.
Schools
By Ethiana Hacsh
Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores is an institution that holds tradition close to its heart. Back in 2008, the year the school was founded, a small group of high school students took charge as student leaders of this small Catholic school. Today, John Paul the Great is a place […]
National
By Catholic News Service
ROME — Msgr. Thomas W. Powers, vicar general of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been named rector of the Pontifical North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome. His appointment by the Vatican Congregation for Clergy was announced March 30 and goes into effect July 1. The current rector, Father Peter Harman, has completed […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School hosted a conference titled “Beyond ‘Defensive Crouch,’ Religious Freedom” March 24-25 in Arlington.
Global
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — With his voice often trembling and tears sliding down to his beard, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church spoke via Zoom about the death and destruction Russia is raining down on his people and his country. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych repeatedly apologized for the tears and acknowledged the contrast between his […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked people to pray for his upcoming trip to Malta and to pray for an end to the “savage cruelty” of war. After delivering his general audience talk in the Paul VI hall March 30, he warmly greeted a group of children from Ukraine who are receiving assistance in Italy, […]
National
By Amanda Lauer
APPLETON, Wis. — A little creativity with Lego pieces by John and Holly Ostermeier’s six children has yielded a re-creation of the family’s parish church, St. Pius X in Appleton, right down to the altar, candle bank, piano and priest celebrating Mass. There’s even a thurible for incense and a candle snuffer. The children, all […]
Columns
By Olivia Gans Turner
As most of America knows, some states recently have provided greater protections to unborn children, which has resulted in appeals to the Supreme Court. Most of the attention this past year has been on the Mississippi law that would prevent abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation (Dobbs v. Jackson), and Texas laws that are awaiting court […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — The Catholic University of America’s board of trustees has selected Peter K. Kilpatrick as the 16th president of the university, effective July 1. His appointment was announced March 29. He succeeds John Garvey, who has served as president for 12 years. “We could not have asked for a better candidate to lead Catholic […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
Stop me if this sounds familiar. You go to confession regularly. You confess basically the same sins every time. Nothing serious, just your “regular rotation” of garden variety vices. You generally, at the time, intend to stop. But there’s a part of you that wonders what you would confess if you jettisoned them. So, you […]
