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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Six members of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother, including a young nun from Northern Ireland, are among the dead in the strongest earthquake to strike Ecuador since 1979. Sister Clare Theresa Crockett, 33, of Londonderry, died while leading children to safety in a school at Playa Prieta, where she […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM GREECE – When an aide suggested Pope Francis offer to fly some Syrian refugees back to Rome with him, he said he said yes immediately because it was “an inspiration of the Holy Spirit.” In the end, he said, 12 Syrians – members of three families, including six children – […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
MYTILENE, Greece – Pope Francis’ five-hour visit to Greece ended with him offering safe passage to Italy to 12 Syrian Muslims, half under the age of 18. The Vatican had kept secret the pope’s plan to invite the members of three Syrian families to fly back to Rome with him April 16. Rumors began swirling […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
MYTILENE, Greece – Although their speeches were punctuated with policy appeals, Pope Francis and Orthodox leaders focused their visit to the island of Lesbos on the faces, stories and drawings of refugees. Pope Francis, Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and all Greece spent more time April 16 greeting […]
Schools
The Bishop Ireton boys’ lacrosse team fell to DeMatha 14-5 April 11. Photos by Joe Cashwell for the Catholic Herald. Buy photos from this story here
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The religious nonprofits challenging their participation in the contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act agreed with a U.S. Supreme Court proposal that such coverage be provided through an alternative health care plan without involving the religious employers in a legal brief filed with the court. The brief, filed April 12 in the […]
Local
Missionhurst Father Pascal Ngboloma Kumanda, parochial vicar of St. Ann Church in Arlington, will present “The Living Church in Africa: The Context of the Diocese of Lisala in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” at St. Ann Church, 5300 N. 10th St., Arlington, April 22, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Father Kumanda will share his journey […]
Schools
The Bishop Ireton Cardinals took on the McDonogh High School Eagles during a match in Alexandria April 11. The Eagles won 18-8. Photos by Joe Cashwell for the Catholic Herald. Buy photos from this story here.
Movies
By Catholic News Service
A sloppy assemblage of tasteless jokes, rampant profanity and lewd sexual behavior comprises this wretched comedy, directed and co-written by Deon Taylor. An African-American family relocates from Chicago to an all-white gated community in Beverly Hills, California. The patriarch (Mike Epps) hopes for a better life for his wife (Zulay Henao) and kids (Bresha Webb, […]
Schools
By Sophie Mestas
The performance of “Emma: A Pop Musical” at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax April 8-10 brought to stage a bubbly, playful retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma. The musical featured adapted pop songs by popular female artists including Shania Twain, Cyndi Lauper and Sara Bareilles. Senior Abigail Rozmajzl, junior Caleigh Davis and sophomore Grace […]
