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Catholic Herald staff writer Katie Scott appeared on the EWTN radio show “Morning Glory” Sept. 9 to discuss Pope Francis’ recent decisions to ease the rules surrounding annulments and granting priests worldwide the authority to forgive abortion in Confession. Miss it? You can still listen in online. The discussion begins at the 33:54 mark.
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
There is the faintest hint of crispness in the dawn these days, just a little teaser that alludes to autumn’s approach. The seasons are shifting. A previously quick early-morning grocery run took 45 minutes transit time one way yesterday. Back-to-school traffic is a real thing, friends. September is a season of gathering. Everywhere we go, […]
Pope Francis
By Chaz Muth
WASHINGTON – When Pope Francis approaches the Catholic Charities building in downtown Washington during his U.S. visit in September, he will encounter a “homeless person” covered in a blanket laying on a park bench. The scene actually is a sculpture. And it’s not a work of art depicting any homeless person; it’s the bronze image […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
Seventy-five years ago, on Sept. 15, 1940, Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine were driven from the prime minister’s country house, Chequers, to the nearby village of Uxbridge, a Royal Air Force station and the headquarters from which Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park was directing the RAF’s No. 11 Group against the onslaught of the German […]
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By Katie Scott
Father Mark S. Mealey possesses a formidable intellect and firmness that have served him well during his long tenure as vicar general, moderator of the curia and judicial vicar for the Arlington Diocese. But spend just a few minutes with the Oblate of St. Francis de Sales and something else stands out: a gentleness that […]
Columns
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – While a juridical process is necessary for making accurate judgments, the Catholic Church’s marriage annulment process must be quicker, cheaper and much more of a pastoral ministry, Pope Francis said. Rewriting a section of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law and of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Pope Francis […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
ROME – Pope Francis created a spectacle when he headed to Rome’s posh shopping district to make a surprise visit to his optician. Romans and tourists crowded outside Alessandro Spiezia’s shop on Via del Babuino near Piazza di Spagna to catch a glimpse of the pope inside as he had his eyes measured for a […]
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The students at St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington sing “Happy Birthday” to Bishop Paul S. Loverde Sept. 3. Students sing happy birthday to Bishop Loverde #BishopBirthday pic.twitter.com/KmMEEtFIkp– dborowskiach (@dborowskiach) September 3, 2015
National
By Nancy O’brien
BALTIMORE – Pope Francis’ Sept. 1 announcement that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have little effect on pastoral practices in the United States and Canada, where most priests already have such authority in the sacrament of reconciliation. “It is my understanding that the faculty for the […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
Thanks to a team of students, Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax will have a new spot on campus for quiet prayer and reflection. The Holy Family Grotto was completed recently by the Paul VI St. Joseph’s Service Team, a student group formed in the 2014-15 school year, consisting of 11th- and 12th-grade boys. […]
