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By Connor Bergeron
The Van de Voorde family bolsters their six children to find vocations, religious or martial.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
LUND, Sweden — Urging Catholics and Lutherans to take decisive steps toward unity, Pope Francis nevertheless offered no new openings to the idea of sharing Communion before full unity is achieved. “We Christians will be credible witnesses of mercy to the extent that forgiveness, renewal and reconciliation are daily experienced in our midst,” the […]
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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Builders, church leaders, choir members and journalists gathered atop eight floors of scaffolding — 159 feet high — in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Oct. 28 for the blessing of the workspace where a new mosaic will be installed on the shrine’s Trinity Dome. “It will be […]
Local
By Michael Flach
The Arlington Catholic Herald staff welcomes you to our newly redesigned website. While catholicherald.com has a more modern look now, you’ll find the same relevant, inspiring and reliable local and global news our readers have come to expect over the last 40 years. We believe a cleaner, more mobile-friendly website is a vital part of […]
Local
By Michael Flach
Bishop Paul S. Loverde, apostolic administrator of the Arlington Diocese, was honored by the Catholic Business Network of Northern Virginia Oct. 22 at the Tower Club in Tysons Corner. The CBN also honored Lisa Marie Cheney as the Catholic businessperson of the year. Cheney, who said she was adopted when she was four days old, […]
National
By Joyce Duriga
CHICAGO — When Father Burke Masters accepted God’s call to become a priest, he thought he was giving up baseball forever. Never did he dream that God would take him back to the field — let alone as chaplain to the Chicago Cubs as they make a historic run to win the World Series, […]
Local
By Connor Bergeron
The annual youth event, RALLY, brings teens from all over the diocese to hear guest speakers, play games and learn the example of St. Teresa of Kolkata.
Movies
A glorious drama that applies the traditional formula of an uplifting sports film to the real-life story of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga), and then goes in unexpected directions to expose the scars horrific poverty can leave on the human soul. In adapting a book by Tim Crothers, director Mira Nair and […]
Movies
Tom Cruise, in his second venture as the former Army officer-turned-freelance-detective invented by British novelist Lee Child, is as durable as a cast-iron stove. A somewhat mysterious knight-errant, Reacher is a strong moralist according to his own lights, and descends into others’ predicaments like a deus ex machina. This go-round, he comes to the […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
Pope Francis tells his fellow Jesuits to revive their zeal for mission. ROME — Pope Francis, speaking both as pope and a Jesuit, asked members of the Society of Jesus to continue to journey to where Christ is most needed, and always ask God for consolation, compassion and help in discernment.The Jesuits aim to “move […]
