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By Mary Stachyra Lopez
As 2015 draws to a close, it’s worth taking a look back over the past year. Here are the most-read stories published in 2015 on catholicherald.com: 1. Sacred Heart parishioners killed in French Alps plane crash Yvonne Selke and her daughter, Emily, parishioners of Sacred Heart Church in Manassas, were two of the three Americans […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The Christmas season is a time to learn from baby Jesus to let go of selfishness and be humble and giving as he is, Pope Francis said. In fact, people should take the little figurine of Jesus from their Nativity scene and kiss it, “and tell Jesus, ‘I want to humble like […]
National
By Joseph J. Kolb
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A 92-year-old deacon at an Albuquerque church was physically and emotionally recovering after being mugged by three individuals who stole the Christmas offerings from his car’s trunk. Sgt. Sean Frick, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said Deacon Ruben Barela was walking across the snow-shrouded parking lot of Queen of Heaven Parish Dec. 28 […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (- Pope Francis called on Christians to pray for victims of several natural disasters that have hit parts of the United States, Great Britain and Paraguay. “I invite you to pray for the victims of disasters that in recent days have struck the United States, Great Britain and South America, especially in Paraguay, […]
National
By Dan Meloy
DETROIT – As war and violence continue to rage in Iraq and Syria, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled their homeland to find security, regardless of what the future may hold. Refugees making their way toward Europe and the United States are seeking a better, safer life, refugee advocates said. At the same time, […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
With the election of a new president less than a year away, at least one thing about the outcome seems reasonably clear: Whoever the winner turns out to be, a majority of the voters identifying themselves as Catholics will probably have voted for him or her. That’s been the pattern for a long time now, […]
Arts
By John Mulderig
NEW YORK (CNS) — Neither the National Football League nor the Federal Bureau of Investigation comes off particularly well in the fact-based drama “Concussion” (Columbia). But the film’s central figure, the Nigerian-born coroner Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith), certainly does. Given that Omalu’s generally admirable character is portrayed as being shaped, more than anything else, […]
National
By Chaz Muth
NEW YORK – Frank Chambers was looking for a peaceful moment as he strolled through the noisy holiday exhibits at the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library on a recent December afternoon. “I love the antique trains that are running through the first floor of the museum and the bells and whistles of Christmas, but […]
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As the 2016 Virginia General Assembly session nears, the Virginia Catholic Conference is planning special prayer and advocacy events in Richmond to enable Catholics throughout the Commonwealth to make a positive impact on what happens in Richmond this winter. Most significant among these is the first-ever Virginia Vespers: Evening Prayer for the Commonwealth at the […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – Christmas is a reminder that through the birth of Christ, hope and peace are possible and that only through his grace can humanity find peaceful solutions to the world’s most difficult problems, Pope Francis said. “Only God’s mercy can free humanity from the many forms of evil, at times monstrous evil, which […]
