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By Elizabeth Foss
My house smells like chocolate chip cookies. We have a new oven, we’ve had a rough few weeks, so filling the house with the sweet smell of cookies seemed like a good decision. Before the cookies, I made a large pot of zucchini and macaroni — the most comforting comfort food I can remember from […]
Schools
By Mary Curran
This year, students from Christendom College in Front Royal led the annual retreats at Seton School in Manassas. The retreats, one for girls and one for boys, lasted the length of the school day and helped students deepen their knowledge of God, grow in an intimate relationship with him and develop a better understanding of […]
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By Soren Johnson
My wife will never forget her dad’s nightly walk through the house, checking on doors, windows, heaters … you name it. His unfailing fire watch gave her and her siblings a visceral sense of being loved, protected and cared for. While my father-in-law is not a fireman, he might just as well have read the […]
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By Russell Shaw
The abortion-friendly Washington Post recently provided a revealing look into a debate taking place in the world of abortion advocacy. The issue, in short, is whether to call abortion “abortion” or call it something else. According to the Post’s Caroline Kitchener, the argument has heated up in response to legislative activity looking to a Supreme […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ secretary of state reaffirmed the pope’s offer to go to Moscow personally to try to convince President Vladimir Putin to stop his war on Ukraine but said the Kremlin had yet to respond. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state, told reporters late May 4, “There has been an offer from […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Meeting new recruits to the Swiss Guard, Pope Francis thanked the young men for their diligent and important work serving the successor of St. Peter every single day. “The Holy See counts on you! Vatican City is proud of your presence!” he said in a private audience at the Vatican May 6, […]
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Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The leaders of religious orders around the world are taking very seriously not only preparations for the Synod of Bishops assembly in 2023, but the whole idea of making the Catholic Church more “synodal” — a place where everyone is called to prayer, discernment and responsibility for the church and its mission. […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The Christian vocation is for all members of the church to work together and show that one human family united in love is not a utopia but is the reason God created humanity, Pope Francis said. “When we speak of ‘vocation,’ then, it is not just about choosing this or that way […]
‘My sheep hear my voice’