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The Virginia General Assembly passed a budget that cuts the state’s only school choice program by more than half. The Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program (EISTC) uses donor-funded scholarships to provide financial assistance to low-income students to attend eligible private schools and nonpublic pre-K programs. In the current fiscal year, the program has generated […]
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Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis sent well-wishes to Queen Elizabeth II as the reigning British monarch began the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of her coronation as well as the public celebration of her birthday. “On the joyful occasion of Your Majesty’s birthday, and as you celebrate this Platinum Jubilee Year, I send cordial greetings […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The scene is all too familiar: sirens blaring, flashing lights, mothers and fathers and grandparents weeping frantically as they hurry toward the school. There is chaos and confusion. And then, there is doubt and despair. Where is God in this? How can God be good if there is this? This evil is not of God. […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
“These have been five of the best days of our lives,” a friend texted me at the tail end of a visit he and his wife took to see their first grandchild. He’s beside himself. Overnight, he’s gone from low-key retiree to over-the-moon “Pops.” I’m sending him Steve Gabriel’s “Hope for Your Grandchildren: Talking to […]
Columns
By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
Gospel Commentary June 12, Jn 16:12-15 The ancient church famously told a story about St. Augustine, that he was once walking along the seashore trying to understand clearly how the Father, Son and Holy Spirit could be one God in three persons. As he walked, he saw a small child running back and forth between […]
Columnists
By Fr. Richard Miserendino
GOSPEL COMMENTARY June 5, Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26 Being at a parish with a large school means that there’s never a day without a “what if” question. School kids are an endless fountain of hypotheticals, always thinking of one more bizarre example to test any teaching or rule. State any principle, for instance: […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I have often wondered about the difference between the disciples receiving the Holy Spirit immediately after the Resurrection “on the evening of that first day of the week” (Jn 20:19-23) and the coming of the Holy Spirit upon them at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4). Is it two different accounts of the same event, or did […]
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Pentecost Sunday concludes the Easter season, which may lead us to think of Pentecost only in terms of an ending; however, the opposite is true. Pentecost is the beginning, the birth of the Church. Yes, it is the purpose and fulfillment of Our Lord’s mission, to imbue us with his Spirit. For that reason, it […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Running maternity homes is one way Catholics support women and children.
opinion
By Alexander Diaz
Este próximo fin de semana celebraremos la solemnidad de Pentecostés, una fiesta grande e importante para nosotros. Celebraremos la venida del Espíritu Santo sobre los apóstoles y la Virgen María, nuestra madre, la primera discípula y; porque no decirlo, la más fiel entre todos porque estuvo y estará con su hijo por siempre. La palabra […]
