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By Mary Beth Bonacci
I saw one of those celebrity magazines at the drugstore the other day. The headline read: “The 22 women Brando loved and destroyed.” I looked at it and thought, “This nation needs a serious national conversation about what the word ‘love’ means.” A few days later, curious what this “love” looked like, I googled the […]
Local
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – As the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision approached, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities urged everyone concerned about “the tragedy of abortion” to recommit themselves to a “vision of life and love, a vision that excludes no one.” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Don’t fall for hate and fearmongering from others; make new friends instead and always help and show concern for others, Pope Francis told the world’s teens. “Be brave and go against the tide, be friends of Jesus, who is the prince of peace,” he said in a written message for the Jubilee […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
Inspired by the papacy of Pope John Paul II, the Disciples of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary work together as a religious family to care for the families of Queen of Apostles parish and bear witness to the gift of consecrated life. Read more about the Disciples at the links below. Priests for the […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
In 1984, a group of seminarians in Madrid, Spain, decided to take a leap of faith in their vocation. Inspired by their mutual devotion to Mary and by the papacy of Pope John Paul II, these five young men together formed the Disciples of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The new order was approved […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
Due to an increased demand for Catholic psychological training, the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington has created the School of Counseling. With two distinct programs, the graduate school now will be elevated to the status of a university – titled Divine Mercy University. “IPS has been continually challenged by its mission to be […]
Columns
By Effie Caldarola
January can be a drag, a real letdown. The remaining Christmas cookies are stale crumbs, and the tree, once so respected, has been ingloriously dragged out of the house to be recycled into mulch. One by one, the Christmas lights in the neighborhood have gone out, as if some festive power grid is failing, and […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
When Pope Francis visited the United States in September, he told a joint meeting of Congress it was time for the “global abolition of the death penalty.” Yet right now in Virginia, two men are awaiting scheduling for execution, which would bring the total to more than 110 executions in the commonwealth since 1982. Catholics […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama unveiled a series of executive orders Jan. 5 intended to make a dent in gun violence in the United States, people reacted. And how. “Thank God that someone finally has the courage to close the loopholes in our pitiful gun control laws to reduce the number of mass shootings, […]
Local
By Mike Flach
One of Virginia’s most active abortion clinics is located a little more than a mile from Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria. According to state records, 1,613 abortions were performed there in 2014. Pro-lifers gather the third Saturday of each month to pray the rosary and witness for life in front of the Alexandria Women’s […]
