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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – At the Vatican and on five continents in 2015, Pope Francis continued to encourage and demonstrate a style of evangelization that emphasizes walking with people, listening to them and showing them God’s mercy. From the heart of the universal church to the heart of Africa, the pope showed how Christians with a […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis announced that he would travel to the Marian shrine in Mexico City and pray to Mary so that Christian communities “may become oases and rivers of mercy.” “To ask her this, in a strong way, I will travel to venerate her at […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Porto Charities, Inc., a group dedicated to assisting the intellectually and developmentally disabled, recently presented its 2015 report to Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde. The group’s 2015 “Special Kids-Special Needs” collection totaled $117,796.36, an increase of $14,305 from the previous year. “We feel this is a strong indication of the support for developmentally and intellectually […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
When the Virgin Mary appeared to an Indian peasant named Juan Diego in 1531, she provided him with roses in the dead of winter to bring to the local bishop. To honor her Dec. 12 feast day, the Hispanic community of Holy Family Church in Dale City brought more than 600 roses to the Our […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The pink candle has been lit. The pace quickens as we move closer to the feast. Christmas is coming – oh, the joy. Except when the rose vestments sometimes just serve as a painful reminder that we are supposed to feel joy, but we don’t. Not only are we fighting from within to feel something […]
Local
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
A little more than 2,000 years ago a Middle Eastern family fled the violence that filled their hometown and threatened to claim the life of their infant son. The story of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt resonates with many Christians today as thousands of refugees from Iraq and Syria make a dangerous, often fatal, […]
National
By Natalie Hoefer
INDIANAPOLIS – The two small children and their parents were exhausted as their plane landed in Indianapolis at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7. This was a family of refugees, leaving behind all they owned in war-ravaged Syria, ready to finally settle in the United States after a three-year wait to be welcomed. Flor Bickel, senior immigration […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. What is the Christian response to ISIS? (Harrisonburg, Va.) A. The Christian response to ISIS is to deplore their violence and to seek the most effective means to stop it. In March 2015, in what was seen as an unusually blunt endorsement of military action, the Vatican’s representative to the United Nations in Geneva […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – With the opening the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Pope Francis declared that the time for tenderness, joy and forgiveness had begun. As holy doors around the world were opened at city cathedrals, major churches and sanctuaries Dec. 13, the pope said this simple gesture of opening God’s […]
Schools
Christendom College in Front Royal reported a 21 percent increase in the number of early action applications received compared to this time last year. In addition, the number of men in the applicant pool increased, with 49 percent more male applicants than last year. “The current generation of students … want(s) an education that is […]
