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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved new procedures for the Vatican to investigate and judge claims of “abuse of office” by bishops who allegedly failed to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse. The procedures will include a new “judicial section” within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that has a […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The hidden heroes of this world are those family members who still go to work and get the job done after staying up all night tending to a sick loved one, Pope Francis said. In fact, the family “has always been the closest ‘hospital.’ And still today in many parts of the […]
Local
By For The Catholic Herald
Last month, the Fairfax County School Board voted 10-1 to become the only school system in Virginia to add “gender identity” to its anti-discrimination policy. The board is now preparing its next step – a vote later this month on broad changes to its Family Life Education Program, including lessons related to gender identity beginning […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
There is nothing quite like cleaning a machete wound to make you realize you are not in Virginia anymore. For Laura Shaw, this was just one of the skills she acquired during a mission trip to Honduras in 2012. Growing up in the suburbs of Manassas, Shaw never imagined she’d go on a medical mission. […]
Movies
When a James Bond-like CIA field operative (Jude Law) becomes a casualty in the agency’s effort to bring down the ruthless heir (Rose Byrne) of an international crime dynasty, his devoted but previously desk-bound partner (Melissa McCarthy) goes undercover to avenge him by nabbing the evildoer. She’s aided, albeit ineptly, by the goodhearted officemate (Miranda […]
Columns
By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: I recently learned that the feast of Corpus Christi was inspired by a Eucharistic miracle. Can you please give more details about this? - A reader in Springfield
Columns
By Fr. Paul Scalia
Deep within our fallen human nature is that desire – indeed, insistence – to control. Ever since Adam and Eve grasped for the fruit, we have wanted to be in the know, to have a say, to “control our destiny.” Our technological culture exacerbates this desire by giving us a false sense of actually knowing […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
“Gridlock” along the Potomac – the difficulties the Congress has in getting things done, the difficulties the Congress and the White House have in cooperating to get things done, or both – is regularly deplored by pols, pundits and citizens alike. My contrarian view is that this kind of “gridlock” can serve useful public purposes, […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde announced clergy assignments last weekend. See the full list on page 2. Father Ronald J. Gripshover Jr. Father Ronald J. Gripshover Jr. will become parochial administrator of St. Lawrence Church in Alexandria. He was born in Lansing, Mich., March 16, 1966. He is the eldest of seven children. Father Gripshover […]
Global
By Barbara J. Fraser | Catholic News Service
LIMA, Peru – Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on ecology and climate is expected to send a strong moral message – one message that could make some readers uncomfortable, some observers say. “The encyclical will address the issue of inequality in the distribution of resources and topics such as the wasting of food and the irresponsible […]
