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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico – Paying homage to the culture and ancient wisdom of Mexico’s indigenous peoples, Pope Francis urged them to hold on to hope and condemned those who exploit their people and their land. “Some have considered your values, culture and traditions to be inferior. Others, intoxicated by power, money and […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
St. Isidore of Seville sometimes is called the patron saint of computers and the Internet. The fourth-century Spanish saint wrote numerous books, including an encyclopedia, a dictionary and rules for religious orders. St. Isidore probably wouldn’t know what to make of the computer lab at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Vienna and the […]
Global
By David Agren
MEXICO CITY – Pope Francis demanded forceful denunciations of drug violence in Mexico from the country’s bishops, who have preferred timid pronouncements instead of speaking prophetically on a tragedy that has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past 10 years and left another 25,000 Mexicans missing. Speaking Feb. 13 to an audience of bishops […]
Local
By Michael Brown
BOISE, Idaho – Most people know chef Lou Aaron for his culinary mastery, including the Idaho Ice Cream Potato that draws crowds to his Westside Drive-in, a nationally recognized establishment given five stars on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” What most don’t know is that Aaron’s Catholic faith is a key ingredient in […]
Columns
By John Garvey
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, God rest his soul, was routinely described as a conservative, and so he was. He held fast to a lot of traditional values. He loved his church, his wife and nine children, and his country. He favored small government over big, and local over national. He believed that change would […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
It would be like telling the story of World War II and leaving out Hitler. That’s what telling the story told in the Gospels would be like without taking account of the devil. He and his evil companions are a sinister presence throughout. Testimony to that would be the Gospel narrative concerning what might be […]
National
By Christopher Gunty
The Board of Trustees of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md., issued an apology to the university community after a controversy erupted over a discussion about student retention university President Simon Newman had with some faculty members, and after some faculty members were dismissed in the aftermath. After a board meeting Feb. 15, the […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
I remember dot-matrix printers. They were also called impact printers because the print head struck an ink-infused ribbon creating sharp text like a typewriter – remember those? They were loud and fast, and they didn’t do color, but you could crank out forms and labels quickly. I guess you could do color if you put […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
MEXICO CITY – Pope Francis fulfilled his much-desired wish to pray in silence before the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. After celebrating the first Mass of his papal trip to Mexico Feb. 13, the pope made his way to the “camarin” (“little room”) behind the main altar of the basilica dedicated to Mary. […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
While many couples were out on Valentine’s Day dates Sunday night, a large group gathered at St. Ann Church in Arlington for a special musical performance. Under the dimmed lights of the sanctuary, the St. Patrick’s Family Players performed the musical cantata “Resurrection,” by Bryan Jeffery Leech. The performance depicts Jesus’ death and resurrection from […]
