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The central and enduring themes of Catholic social teaching are organized under four principles that provide a moral framework for decisions in public life. The Dignity of the Human Person Human life is sacred. The dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society. Direct attacks on innocent persons are […]
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By Jonathan Luxmoore
WARSAW, Poland — A Ukrainian bishop has warned of a humanitarian disaster caused by Russian attacks on his country’s power and water supplies and predicted a “huge new wave of refugees” desperate to survive winter. “While front-line fighting continues, we now face constant attacks from Russia’s S-300 missiles and Iranian kamikaze drones — it’s worst […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
I think I always wanted to be the perfect parent — the one who didn’t make any mistakes, didn’t miss any opportunities to affirm and offered unconditional love. I didn’t have a perfect childhood. We moved a lot. There were infidelities, substance abuse, mental illness and divorce. It was chaotic. I didn’t know firsthand what […]
Schools
Eighth grade students attending public schools or non-Catholic private schools who are interested in attending Catholic high schools in the Arlington diocese must take the High School Placement Test (HSPT) offered Dec. 3 or Jan. 7, 2023. This test is required for placement at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Bishop O’Connell High School in […]
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VATICAN CITY — The Second Vatican Council was “not only meaningful, but necessary,” retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a letter to a conference about his theological work at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. A theological understanding of the world’s different religions, the relationship between faith and reason and, especially, the nature and mission of […]
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By John Agtarap
At the start of every school year since 1975, students from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington come together in a two-week Catholic Charities soup drive campaign to fill the empty pantries of soup kitchens across the Arlington diocese. For 10 days last month, O’Connell students, led by the student council team, provided more than […]
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By Sr. Constance Veit
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by magnets. I loved to watch the little magnetic skaters glide across a mirror in our family’s Christmas village at the flip of a switch and I enjoyed doing science experiments with magnets and iron shavings in school. I recall a comparison Pope John Paul II made […]
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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Every year, for more than three decades, the Vatican tribunal dealing with matters of conscience has offered a course to help priests in their “ministry of mercy” as confessors. The huge number of participants, from 500 to 800 ordained and soon-to-be ordained men, who attend the course sponsored by the Apostolic Penitentiary […]
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LVIV, Ukraine — After Ukrainian women were released in a prisoner swap with Russia, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said their stories “simply break the heart, make the blood run cold in your veins.” “This war will go down in history as one in which Russia uses sexual violence as a weapon against […]
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