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By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – A homeless woman was offered a place to stay at a Vatican women’s shelter after she gave birth to a baby girl near the colonnade surrounding St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the Romanian woman, who is one of many homeless in the city, […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
The year was 1976, and Lucille Maloney was in the hospital, suffering heavy blood loss after a miscarriage. Feeling woozy, she was placed in a recovery room with some 30 other women. Though in a daze, it didn’t take her long to realize that these women were recovering not from miscarriages but abortions. “There I […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
Many Catholics and especially children may be familiar with the Knights of Columbus post-Mass Tootsie Roll fundraiser, but they may not realize the money raised goes to programs for the intellectually disabled in Virginia. The Knights’ commitment to helping local people with intellectual disabilities inspired the St. Mary of Sorrows Knights of Columbus to start […]
Movies
A wisecracking polar bear (voice of Rob Schneider) ventures south to New York City to save his home environment from destruction in this silly but harmless animated comedy directed by Trevor Wall. As he goes up against a maniacal developer (voiced by Ken Jeong) who’s out to build luxury housing on the Arctic ice shelf, […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The third-ranked Paul VI Panthers defeated the Bishop O’Connell Lady Knights 66-54 Jan. 15. The game was played in Arlington. Paul VI senior guard Jasmine Whitney was a stabilizing influence for the Panthers, who used their superior interior size to wear down the Knights. Prior to the game, O’Connell senior Jasmine Taylor was honored for […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The boys from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax and the girls from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria placed first in last weekend’s Northern Virginia Catholic High School Invitational Swim and Dive Meet. The annual event was held at the Freedom Aquatic Center in Manassas. Ireton junior Anna Shumate set a meet record […]
Movies
Stale horror film set in the Aokigahara Forest at the base of Japan’s Mount Fuji, which has a reputation as a suicide lure, as its excuse to produce deadly wraiths who urge an American girl (Natalie Dormer) to “join” them while she searches for her lost sister. The story line doesn’t endorse suicide, but rather, […]
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By Dave Borowski
The 2016 Virginia legislature convened Jan. 13 with more than 1,000 bills awaiting legislative review and action. Many of these bills will have a direct impact on Catholic interests in the commonwealth. The Virginia Catholic Conference is the policy agency for Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde and Richmond Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo. Jeff Caruso, VCC […]
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By Fr. John Catoir
Recently, I received a letter from a person desperate because his brother left the church in anger, saying a lot of what the church teaches is a myth. I told the person I would pray for the situation. But I imagine there are a lot of similar situations out there. Here are a few thoughts […]
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