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The elderly gentleman seemed a bit bewildered as he hovered at the threshold of the Birthright of Fredericksburg office. Director Rosemary O’Grady was just opening the office and invited him in. Sensing some confusion and hesitancy in him, she suspected that the visitor was probably in the wrong place. Actually, he was right where he wanted to be, and he had a story to tell.

The following are capsule reviews from Catholic News Service of new and recent video releases available on DVD and/or Blu-ray — as well as for online viewing.

For all practical purposes or at least most, the Supreme Court likely has already decided the most important abortion-related case to come before it in nearly half a century. But the decision is known only to a tiny handful of tight-lipped people, while the rest of us won’t find out for more than three months.

We are now far enough into Lent to remember how hard it is to keep the lofty promises one made to oneself on Ash Wednesday.

As Virginia schools close for at least two weeks, diocesan teachers and students adjust to e-learning. 

Pope Francis prayed for families who are cooped up in their homes and for all those who are ill with COVID-19.During a live broadcast of his daily morning Mass March 16, Pope Francis again prayed for the many people who have fallen ill and for families who, like all citizens, have been required to isolate themselves in their homes to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

With diocesan schools closed for the next two weeks, the continued spread of COVID-19 and all the news coverage, many parents are wondering how best to talk to their children about the new coronavirus.

The diocese, parishes, schools and charities brace for the ever-growing impact of the illness.  

As churches across the country debated just how far to go to prevent community transmission of the new coronavirus (some had halted all public worship services, others had not), Our Lady of Good Counsel in Vienna kept calm and carried on — or rather, carried out — heeding health recommendations, but still feeding its sheep.

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