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For the first time in Arlington, the Institute of Catholic Culture and The Cardinal Newman Society are co-sponsoring a presidential conference entitled “CRISIS: Catholic Higher Education and the Next Generation.” The conference will be held Jan. 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Burke Hall at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. […]
National
By Nancy Wiechec
TUMACACORI, Ariz. – Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, an Italian missionary to the American Southwest known as the “Padre on Horseback,” was honored Jan. 10 at the Tumacacori National Historical Park with Kino Legacy Day. The celebration of the priest – who founded 24 missions and was also known as an astronomer, builder, mapmaker, linguist, […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Chatting with a British bishop who’d said the famous Catholic writer Hilaire Belloc sometimes came to his home when he was a child to visit his father, a friend, I asked the obvious question: What was Belloc like? The bishop didn’t say a lot, but I do remember this: “… an old man in a […]
Global
By Doreen Abi Raad
BEIRUT – While the flow of migrants into Europe and the West has sparked controversy, Lebanon continues to bear the brunt of absorbing massive numbers of refugees. A commonly cited figure is that one in four people in Lebanon is displaced from Syria. “They are everywhere … in all of Lebanon,” Father Paul Karam, president […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Little Sisters of the Poor, who have asked the court for relief from being forced to comply with the federal contraceptive mandate. The brief was filed Jan. 8 in the […]
Arts
By Nora Hamerman
In the center of an exhibit of Islamic art at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, a sparkling Christian image seems fitting for the U.S. Catholic Church’s National Migration Week Jan. 3-9. The watercolor painting on paper shows a famous family of migrants who fled religious persecution: The haloed Virgin Mary – her long hair […]
Local
By Sr. Constance Veit
Pope Francis has a “burning desire” during this special Jubilee year. He wants us to reflect on and practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy so that we may “enter more deeply into the heart of the Gospel where the poor have a special experience of God’s mercy.” Many of us memorized the works […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Before he was elected pontiff, Pope Francis had a reputation for not liking to do interviews. “Really, I don’t give interviews. But I don’t know why. I can’t, that’s just how it is. I find it a bit tiresome, but I’m grateful for your company,” he told the more than 70 journalists […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Being ministers of God’s mercy, church members overcome “prejudice and rigidity,” taking risks like Jesus did in order to heal and to save, Pope Francis said. In Jesus’ day, lepers were cast out of the community “to avoid contamination: the healthy needed to be protected,” but Jesus, at his own risk, “goes […]
Local
Father Gerry Creedon, pastor of Holy Family Church in Dale City, was selected with three other community members to receive a 2015 human rights award from the Prince William County Human Rights Commission. The award will be presented at the commission’s annual recognition of Universal Human Rights Day Jan. 16 in the McCoart Building Board […]
