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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – As discussions continue between Vatican officials and leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Pope Francis met at the Vatican with Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the society. The Vatican press office confirmed April 4 that the meeting took place but provided no details. On its website, the SSPX said […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
I have a personal relationship with Christ. That is, He and I talk off and on all day long, inside my head. It’s our relationship – real, alive and very much awake and aware of my world, the sphere in which I orbit, the daily round of my private life. I bring Him my needs […]
National
By Catholic News Service
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – With Mother Angelica having been essentially bedridden for 15 years following a series of strokes in 2001, staff at the Eternal Word Television Network and members of her order, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, had plenty of time to plan and prepare for her funeral. “We at EWTN had many plans […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
George Mason University’s law school in Arlington will be renamed for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The announcement was made March 31, along with news that the university foundation has received pledges totaling $30 million to support the law school and that three new scholarship programs will be established. A university press release […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
BEIRUT – Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East, in their Easter messages, pleaded for peace and urged their faithful to regard the risen Christ as a sign of hope. Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Catholic patriarch, said the world – particularly the “political community and the rulers of nations” – badly needs “witnesses to the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has set April 8 for the release of “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis’ reflection on the family and family life. The document, subtitled “On Love in the Family,” will be released at a Vatican news conference with Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, […]
Schools
By Laura Mclellan
Packed with flappers, jazz and speakeasies, the 1920s era was a nonstop party, and nowhere was it louder or more exciting than in New York City. This “modern” age, which ushered in materialism and excess just for the fun of it, is captured in “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” the spring musical at Bishop O’Connell High School […]
Columns
By Katie Scott
Susan Pawlukiewicz traveled to Poland three years ago bearing immense grief over the recent loss of her mother. About seven weeks later, she returned to the United States with a sense of peace and gratitude – and a duffle bag filled with 35 rolled-up prints. She wasn’t sure what to do with the large pieces […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Writers Dave Borowski and Zoey Di Mauro
Longtime diocesan Deacon Thomas M. Bello died March 29 at his home in McLean following a battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Judy, three adult children and several grandchildren. A funeral Mass was offered April 2 at St. James Church in Falls Church with Father Patrick L. Posey, pastor, as the main […]
Divine Mercy