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By Amelia Heymann
RICHMOND — On a party-line vote Feb. 25, the House of Delegates upheld Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s veto of a Republican bill to defund Planned Parenthood. On the final day of the 2017 legislative session, the House voted 62-33, with five members not voting, to override the veto of HB 2264. The motion failed because […]
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By Reviewed Allan F. Wright
The world-renowned exorcist, Pauline Father Gabriele Amorth, who died this past September, has left his wisdom and experience in dealing with evil forces through this lucid and insightful compendium gleaned from interviews published in Credere magazine over the past few years. Father Amorth founded the International Association of Exorcists and performed tens of thousands of […]
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By Mary Lee Clark
RICHMOND — Capping off a signature issue of the 2017 legislative session, Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed five bills Feb. 23 to help arm the fight against opioid abuse and fatal overdoses in Virginia. The bills address the crisis in various ways. They include SB 848 and HB 1453, which allow community organizations to dispense and […]
Columns
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Ash Wednesday seems to offer contradictory messages. The Gospel reading for the day is about not doing public acts of piety but the very act of getting ashes — and walking around with them — is pretty public. This becomes even less of a private moment when people post pictures of themselves online […]
National
By Rhina Guidos
WASHINGTON — In two memos published Feb. 20, the Department of Homeland Security outlined guidelines that White House officials said would enhance enforcement of immigration laws inside the country as well as prevent further unauthorized immigration into the U.S. In a Feb. 21 news briefing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the guidelines include […]
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By Richard Willing
Catholics are uniquely positioned to help resolve community conflicts fairly and peacefully, a Ghanaian priest and conflict studies specialist told a diocesan conference Feb. 18. But Catholics need to recognize the special resources their faith provides and be willing to use them in the cause of “conflict transformation,” Father Clement Aapengnuo told a receptive audience […]
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By Special To The Catholic Herald
To a young man discerning a call to the priesthood, the cost of attending the seminary should not be an obstacle to his vocation. Fortunately, seminarians from the Arlington Diocese receive financial support for the cost of their education as they commit their lives to serving as diocesan priests. The average annual cost of a […]
Columns
By Maria Pia Negro Chin
Before this year’s March for Life, seven major Catholic organizations sent a letter to the president and congressional leadership asking them “to prioritize human life and to promote policies that will enable life to flourish.” This included the need to focus on issues such as the refugee crisis, global conflict and violence, immigration, health care, […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
There is a certain spring in our steps these days. Daylight hours are growing longer and the breezes are actually warm. Even though it’s February, and years past have yielded significant snow during this stretch of time, the meteorological calendar seems to be marching on. So, with the great outdoors in rhythm, it is easy […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Just as people who like sausage shouldn’t visit a sausage factory, so people who stand in awe of the United States Senate shouldn’t get too close to the confirmation fight over Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee, lest they see more senatorial sausage-making than they bargained for. It threatens to be […]
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