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By Zoey Dimauro
A seminarian from the Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., was lifting weights one day when he collapsed on the ground. He lost oxygen to his brain for more than 20 minutes and was rushed to the hospital, where doctors feared the young man would never regain consciousness. From miles away, the cardinal and bishops from […]
Columns
By Fr. William J. Byron, S.j.
This is the thanks-saying, thanks-doing, thanks-giving season. It begins in late November and runs through Christmas. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is a secular feast, although many religious congregations mark it with special services and prayers. We would be a better, stronger, happier nation if we lived gratefully with one another every day of […]
Arts
By Nora Hamerman
Dante Alighieri is “a prophet of hope, a herald of humanity’s possible redemption and liberation, of profound change in every man and woman, of all of humanity.” So wrote Pope Francis last May as he saluted the celebrations of the author of the epic poem, The Divine Comedy, honoring Dante on the anniversary of his […]
National
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican calendar for the Year of Mercy deliberately set aside Sept. 4, 2016, as a possible date for the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, if her sainthood cause is concluded by then. The canonization would be celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the end of a three-day […]
Global
By David Agren
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican priest has been found dead in the state of Puebla with possible signs of torture, four days after disappearing in mysterious circumstances. The body of Father Erasto Pliego de Jesus was found with burns and head injuries Nov. 16 along a rural road in the municipality of Nopalucan, some 110 […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
Hundreds of handmade crafts and holiday items attracted shoppers to the annual Holiday Express boutique and craft sale at St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax Station Nov. 14.
National
By Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE – The head of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration said he was disturbed by calls from federal and state officials for an end to the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States. “These refugees are fleeing terror themselves – violence like we have witnessed in Paris,” said Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
The door to Deacon David Conroy’s office at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale is covered with yellow sticky-notes and cut-out leaves posted by students with mostly inside and cryptic jokes shared by student and professor. “I’m getting nervous,” said one, and “1 2 3 pumpkin,” was another. Others are more personal. “We love you,” […]
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By Katie Scott
Like the rays emanating from the star-sprinkled blue veil of her beloved Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rosa Colello’s faith always has extended outward into the world. Cultivated in front of a homemade altar to the patroness of Mexico and by her immigrant parents, her love of God fueled a career serving public schoolchildren. “My parents […]
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