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By Elizabeth Foss
Just moments ago, I sat here in irritated frustration while a colored spinning wheel spun and spun and spun. It must have been 30 seconds or so. An eternity, really, in Internet time. I could barely sit still for the time it took to load a blank page upon which to write. We don’t wait […]
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By Soren Johnson
“For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God.” I was helping my 6-year-old with her religious education homework the other evening when we came across this verse, tucked away within the 10 Commandments. All these years, I’ve skimmed over it as if it was some residue from the old King James translation, a […]
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By Christina Capecchi
The wedding that Tyler Schwandt and his fiancee are planning could’ve been broadcast on national TV. But he’s perfectly content with a quieter, more intimate wedding Mass. The 23-year-old Catholic from Rockford, Mich., has the distinction of being the firstborn of 13 boys, the family whose improbable boy streak went viral with the 12th pregnancy […]
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By Cindy Wooden
KAMPALA, Uganda – As Pope Francis encouraged Ugandan Christians to draw inspiration from the 19th-century Ugandan Martyrs, he carried with him graphic images of the horrors the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs endured. The pope made an early morning visit Nov. 28 to the Anglican shrine and museum located on the site where many of […]
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By Cindy Wooden
NAIROBI, Kenya – The wealth of residents of the poorest neighborhoods ringing big cities around the world will never be quoted on the stock exchange, even though their wealth gives life and joy to millions of people, Pope Francis said. The pope began his day Nov. 27 in Nairobi’s Kangemi neighborhood, usually referred to as […]
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“Divinely Inspired,” an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Aleona Isakova, will be featured at Trinity House Cafe, 101 E. Market St., Leesburg, Dec. 4, through Feb. 28, 2016. Isakova’s “Nativity” and “Song of Solomon” series will be showcased. The exhibit will open with a reception Dec. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. Isakova will give […]
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By Katie Scott
To meet the many challenges it faces worldwide, Catholic education must imbue the spirit of the faith into all aspects of academic life and form educators who know and share the love of Jesus. These were the themes that stood out to Sister Patricia Helene Earl, a Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
The Philadelphia Police and FBI raided the 3801 Lancaster building looking for evidence of illegal prescription drugs sales, but what they found would later be described as a house of horrors. Policemen and detectives who first arrived to inspect the chaotic clinic saw clutter everywhere, missing ceiling tiles, dried blood on the floor, frozen fetal […]
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By Cindy Wooden
BANGUI, Central African Republic – Pope Francis ended his visit to the violence-torn Central African Republic with cries for peace and pleas for a mercy that seeks and grants forgiveness. In a country where political and ethnic rivalries also have split the population along religious lines, Pope Francis began Nov. 30 with a visit to […]
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