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By Dave Borowski
In 1239, Dominican friars gave King Louis IX of France what Christians believed was the crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus after His trial by Pontius Pilate. The crown was kept on His head as a way of mocking the Savior on His path on the Via Dolorosa to the cross. King […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
I’m in a precarious position as I write this column. It is the Friday before Palm Sunday. We are but a few days from Holy Week. This column will be published on Holy Thursday, just as the most somber days of the year begin. Three days later, it will be Easter, the most jubilant day […]
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Fr. Noah C. Morey celebrates Palm Sunday Mass at All Saints Church in Manassas, blessing palms and leading a reading of Christ’s passion. Photos from the Palm Sunday Mass can be purchased here . Photos from the Spanish Palm Sunday Mass can be purchased here .
National
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON – In the end, the women religious decided it would be good to sing after all. That wasn’t on the agenda for the sunny 90-minute rally in front of the Supreme Court March 23 in support of the plaintiffs in Zubik v. Burwell. But it had a calming effect, so it seemed like the […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. Unless illness prevented it, I have attended daily Mass most of my life. (I love starting the day with the Lord in his house!) Now in my late 80s, I have already paid for my funeral arrangements. Because I have only a few relatives still living, I have requested that there not be a […]
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Living Stations of the Cross were presented March 18 by the youth group at St. John the Evangelist Church in Warrenton under the direction of Fr. Mark Moretti, parochial vicar. Photos from the Living Stations can be purchased here. All photos by Joe Cashwell for the Catholic Herald
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – During Holy Week and in the Easter season, the Vatican will take part in several initiatives highlighting the importance of ecology and the care for creation. The Governorate of Vatican City State announced March 18 that the thousands of floral arrangements for the Easter morning Mass and the pope’s solemn blessing “urbi […]
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To commemorate Holy Week, parishioners throughout the diocese, including St. Anthony Parish in Falls Church and St. Timothy Church in Chantilly, took part in re-enactments of Jesus’ passion.
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By Russell Shaw
News that Pope Francis will travel to Sweden in October for an event marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation underlines the fact that the Catholic Counter-Reformation is over. Whether Protestants are prepared to say the same about the Reformation is for them to decide. A Catholic can only hope. To say that these […]
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By Katie Scott
Like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, Tony Tringale often has apples on his mind. But while the folk hero was known for dispersing apple seeds, Tringale has spent much of his life spreading the word of God as a longtime lector at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Sitting in […]
