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Tribute to a pastor: Sacred Heart Academy dedicates its new gym to Fr. Stanley Krempa

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Father Krempa, the longtime pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Winchester, expected the new gym at Sacred Heart Academy to be dedicated with the name of a major donor during a blessing March 27. He was in for a surprise. 

Global

Deluges in Peru trigger flash floods, landslides

By Barbara J. Fraser
LIMA, Peru — Felicita Chipana was at work when the Rimac River began to rise. By the time she got home, her kitchen was gone, swept away by floodwaters that left scores of families homeless on the east side of this sprawling capital city. “We have no water, no electricity, and there are mosquitoes everywhere,” […]
Local

Virginia’sCatholic bishops respond to governor’s veto

Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and Richmond Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo’s statement on the governor’s veto of a bill defending the right of religious organizations to practice their faith: For the second straight year, Governor McAuliffe has vetoed legislation that would have protected clergy and religious organizations from being punished by the state because they […]
Pope Francis

Pope recognizes miracle attributed to Fatima visionaries

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Pope Francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, thus paving the way for their canonization.

National

Senators ask Gorsuch about abortion, religious liberty

By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — The third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee for Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, continued along similar lines of questioning and failed to spark high drama. When asked again about his stance on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 court decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand, […]
National

Cardinal Keeler, retired archbishop of Baltimore, dies

By George P. Matysek Jr.
WASHINGTON — Cardinal William H. Keeler, Baltimore’s 14th archbishop, who was an international leader in Catholic-Jewish relations and the driving force behind the restoration of America’s first cathedral, died March 23 at his residence at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. He was 86. The archdiocese said the cardinal will lie in repose […]
Local

Bishop Burbidge celebrates memorial Mass for Bishop Keating

By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated a memorial Mass for Bishop John R. Keating March 22 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More to commemorate the 19th anniversary of Bishop Keating’s death. Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde, Arlington’s third bishop, joined 10 other diocesan priests in concelebrating the Mass, including Father Robert J. Rippy, cathedral […]
National

House health care bill’s ‘life protections’ called laudable

The inclusion of "critical life protections" in the House health care bill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid and tax credits, are "troubling" and "must be addressed" before the measure is passed, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee.

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