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By Cindy Wooden
MYTILENE, Greece – Pope Francis’ five-hour visit to Greece ended with him offering safe passage to Italy to 12 Syrian Muslims, half under the age of 18. The Vatican had kept secret the pope’s plan to invite the members of three Syrian families to fly back to Rome with him April 16. Rumors began swirling […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM GREECE – When an aide suggested Pope Francis offer to fly some Syrian refugees back to Rome with him, he said he said yes immediately because it was “an inspiration of the Holy Spirit.” In the end, he said, 12 Syrians – members of three families, including six children – […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
MYTILENE, Greece – Although their speeches were punctuated with policy appeals, Pope Francis and Orthodox leaders focused their visit to the island of Lesbos on the faces, stories and drawings of refugees. Pope Francis, Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and all Greece spent more time April 16 greeting […]
Schools
The Bishop Ireton boys’ lacrosse team fell to DeMatha 14-5 April 11. Photos by Joe Cashwell for the Catholic Herald. Buy photos from this story here
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The religious nonprofits challenging their participation in the contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act agreed with a U.S. Supreme Court proposal that such coverage be provided through an alternative health care plan without involving the religious employers in a legal brief filed with the court. The brief, filed April 12 in the […]
Local
By Ann M. Augherton
A sign in the lobby of the National Theatre read, “Flashing, strobe lights, loud gunfire and authentic, profane Jersey vocabulary are special effects used in this production of Jersey Boys.” And they were right, the language was colorful, and yes, probably authentic Jersey, but excessive enough to keep young theatre-goers away, not to mention the […]
Schools
The Bishop Ireton Cardinals took on the McDonogh High School Eagles during a match in Alexandria April 11. The Eagles won 18-8. Photos by Joe Cashwell for the Catholic Herald. Buy photos from this story here.
Schools
Scott Allen, varsity girls’ basketball coach at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, was named Winter All-Met Girls Basketball Coach of the Year by The Washington Post and American Family Insurance All-USA Girls Basketball Coach of the Year. Coach Allen has coached at Paul VI for 14 years. During the 2015-16 season, Allen led […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
In the early church, witnesses to the faith who had been persecuted and tortured but not killed were known as “martyr-confessors.” It’s been one of the great privileges of my life to have known such men and women: Czech priests who spent years as slave laborers in uranium mines; Lithuanian priests and nuns condemned to […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Reinforcing bonds of dialogue and respect with Orthodox leaders and visiting small Catholic communities, Pope Francis will travel to Armenia in late June and to Georgia and Azerbaijan in the fall, the Vatican announced. The Armenia trip June 24-26 comes in response to an invitation from the patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic […]
