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By Janna Reynolds
Signs declaring “The future is anti-abortion” and “Equality begins in the womb” were exclamation marks from the hundreds of people who gathered in downtown Richmond April 27 for the fourth annual Virginia March for Life. The crowd’s enthusiasm was palpable as pro-lifers of all ages waited for the first of several speakers to take the […]
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While fewer bills crossed the finish line than in recent years, Catholic advocacy produced favorable results on a greater number of issues, according to the Virginia Catholic Conference’s 2022 vote report published April 25. The VCC helped defeat bills to legalize assisted suicide and restore the death penalty, and applauded the enactment of a new […]
National
By Catholic News Service
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Longtime pro-life advocate Deirdre McQuade, who for more than a decade shared perspectives of U.S. bishops’ and the Catholic Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life, died April 21 after a bout with metastatic breast cancer. She was 53. From 2005 to 2018, the time she was assistant director for pro-life communications […]
National
By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — A monumental work of art depicting migrants and refugees seeking a home has found its own permanent home at a new plaza at The Catholic University of America. During an April 22 blessing and dedication ceremony, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory blessed Timothy Schmalz’s “Angels Unawares” sculpture and philanthropist and arts patron Jacqueline […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — If young people recognize all that they have received with gratitude and older people take the initiative of relaunching hope in young people for their future, then nothing can stop the flourishing of God’s blessings among people, Pope Francis said. Urging visitors to make sure they help bring young and older people […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Having “the smell of sheep” for one military chaplain serving in Ukraine has now meant being surrounded by the smell of burned homes and lives. “Every city has its own smell of suffering. It can’t be described. The church here must become saturated with this smell and stay close by with different […]
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Schools
By Claire Theriot
Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington recently sent 83 students in choir, band and orchestra to compete nationally in Orlando, Fla., against peers from other high schools. The choral groups performed in a church while the band and orchestra performed at Universal Theme Park in the space where the Blue Man Group previously drew crowds. […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — There is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” nation because wickedness can be found everywhere, Pope Francis said. “Once there was a habit of dividing humanity into the good and the bad: ‘This country is good,’ ‘But it makes bombs!’ ‘No, it’s good and this one is bad,'” he said […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — The majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to side with a former high school football coach April 25 who said his postgame prayers on the field — that cost him his job — amounted to private speech and not the public school’s endorsement of religion. During nearly two hours of oral arguments, several […]
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