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Pope Francis places priority on evangelization

By Elizabeth A. Elliott

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, addressed more than 300 people at Georgetown University March 27 about the first four years of Pope Francis’ papacy.  

Columns

When connections pay

By Fr. Matthew H. Zuberbueler
Gospel Commentary Jn 11:1-45 Sometimes in the church people expect special treatment because they have a “connection.” Maybe their uncle is a monsignor or the pope or even president of the parish council — and they know they can, for example, get the wedding date they want (or whatever they might be seeking) because of […]
Columns

Did Jesus feel abandoned?

By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. According to the Gospel, when Jesus was dying on the cross, He cried out, “My God, why have you abandoned me?” Why was he saying this? Did he really feel that his Father had abandoned him? (Coxs Creek, Ky.) A. Half a century ago, when I first began to think about the meaning of […]
Columns

What are you waiting for?

By Maria Pia Negro Chin
Recently a colleague shared his experiences of the 2017 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress and told us how he was re-energized by the powerful testimonies there. As I listened to him and looked into the event, the theme of the Los Angeles Youth Day prior to the congress caught my attention. Nearly 13,000 teens who […]
National

Four-year ‘encuentro’ process begins in the U.S.

By Rhina Guidos
WASHINGTON — In Spanish, the word “encuentro” means encounter and in the modern church in the U.S., it refers to a series of meetings that will take place over the next four years aimed at getting to know Latinos and producing more involvement in the church of its second largest and fastest growing community. “The […]
Columnists

Form and chaos

By John Garvey
I am not the first to notice that ideas and styles spread across the fine arts, regardless of medium or genre. In the middle of the 19th century, orchestras grew to 100 or more musicians, and symphonies were lush and tuneful.  Think of Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saens. Novels had as many characters as orchestras had […]
Local

Pray, hope, blog and don’t worry

By Ashleigh Buyers

Ashburn man shares the series of events that brought him back to God and his family in a weekly blog. 

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