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By Catholic News Service
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Mother Angelica, who spearheaded the founding of the Eternal Word Television Network, has been placed on a feeding tube as she continues to battle lingering effects of two strokes she suffered 14 years ago. A spokesman for her order, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of Angels Monastery in […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AFRICA – Pope Francis told reporters he is well aware that God is a god of surprises, but he had not been prepared for what a surprise his first visit to Africa would be. Obviously tired, but equally content, Pope Francis told reporters he prayed in a mosque in Bangui, […]
Columns
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The Christmas tree and Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square will be set up and unveiled earlier than usual this year to be ready for the opening of the Year of Mercy. In preparation for the extraordinary event, which begins Dec. 8 with the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s […]
Columns
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ calendar of Masses and prayer services for December and January are a combination of annual Advent and Christmas celebrations and added events for the beginning of the Year of Mercy. In St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass and open the […]
National
By Veronica Ambuul
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A priest who celebrates Mass every Friday morning on a sidewalk near the Planned Parenthood clinic targeted by a lone gunman Nov. 27 said the shooter’s actions were the antithesis of the pro-life cause. “We want the conversion of Planned Parenthood, not their destruction,” said Father Bill Carmody, the longtime Respect […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – This year’s Vatican Christmas stamps feature a 15th-century manuscript illumination of the Holy Family. Flanked by a lowing ox and a donkey, Mary and Joseph pray over Baby Jesus as angels sing above and poor shepherds approach. The image, painted by an unknown artist, is from the Codices Urbinates Latini 239 (1477-1478) […]
Schools
The Bishop Ireton Cardinals fell to the Benedictine College Preparatory School Cadets during the VISAA Football Championship Nov. 21. All photos by Joe Cashwell for the Catholic Herald.
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – For a spiritual leader who denounces a world divided by walls, a church shuttered by cliques and hearts hardened to compassion, opening wide the Holy Door for the Year of Mercy will be a significant and symbolic moment for Pope Francis. In Catholic tradition, the Holy Door represents the passage to salvation […]
Schools
By Kevin Darling
Each new year at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries brings new courses and experiences, but few have been as popular with students as the new senior-level elective, “Criminal Law and Procedure” taught by former FBI agent Michael McGinty. He is a former FBI special agent and lawyer who began a […]
Local
By Katie Scott
“Miss Anderson, your next word … is triskaidekaphobia.*” As 11-year-old Akeelah Anderson’s eyes widen and fists clench in concentration, theatergoers are on the edge of their chairs in what feels like front-row seats at a spelling bee. “Akeelah and the Bee,” a fresh and polished production by the Children’s Theatre Company, addresses themes of race, […]
