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By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — The Second Vatican Council continues to have an enduring impact on the Catholic Church and on the papacy of Pope Francis, according to the Vatican’s top diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. That gathering of bishops from around the world presented a new paradigm of a “world church — a church with a global […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
Dinner is done. Plates are flying, moods are all over the map, and you fear the onset of a siege. Lotsa fun this! You are deep in the scrum of family life. The second wind you begged for in your controlled re-entry (No. 3) mercifully has arrived, putting just enough in the sails for you […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Imagine the government ordered Ford dealers to post signs telling prospective auto buyers to check out Chevrolet or required vegan restaurants to give diners menus listing the offerings at neighborhood steakhouses as well as vegan fare — what would you say to that? More often than not, I suspect, you’d say the government had overstepped […]
Global
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — When news broke Nov. 27 of Meghan Markle’s engagement to Prince Harry, reporters descended upon the Los Angeles Catholic school Markle attended: Immaculate Heart High School and Middle School. “They’ve been scaling the walls,” Callie Webb, communication director for the school, said with slight exaggeration, but maybe not too much, of the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
YANGON, Myanmar — Christians and Buddhists are called by faith to overcome evil with goodness and violence with peace, Pope Francis said during a meeting with leaders of Myanmar’s Buddhist community. Quoting St. Francis of Assisi and Buddha, the pope insisted that in a land where the powerfully bonded pairing of religion and ethnicity […]
Art
By Nora Hamerman
Johannes Vermeer, the painter from Delft who has edged out Rembrandt as the most popular artist of the Dutch Golden Age, is the focus of an exhibit now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. In the Protestant-ruled Dutch Republic of the 1600s, Vermeer was Catholic. Does it matter?
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
To celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12, several churches in the Diocese of Arlington will offer a special Mass featuring traditional music.
Columns
By Clare Lazzuri
Last year, we lost power on the First Sunday of Advent, the last Sunday of Advent and Christmas Day. And no, losing power is not something normal for us, it rarely happens. I couldn’t help notice the symbolism of the power loss on those significant days. It was a reminder that the only light we […]
Schools
By Anna Gasser
The girls tennis team at Seton School in Manassas had a remarkable season, winning the Delaney Athletic Conference using the powers of hard work, perseverance and prayer to overcome great odds. The season began with only three players on the team: juniors Bridget Atkinson and Mary Heim, whose mothers co-coached; and eighth-grader Jordan Kach. […]
Local
By Richard Willing
They call it “bare-handing” and it’s the technique that David Hickson and other Fellowship of Catholic University Students volunteers, or FOCUS “missionaries,” as they call themselves, employ when they approach prospects on campus. The missionaries, often college- or graduate school-age themselves, carry nothing in their hands. There are no brochures, flyers, religious pamphlets or Bibles, which might […]
