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By Katie Scott
Some dreams are so big they extend beyond one country and continent. Such is the case for Gilwon Seo, a 19-year-old from South Korea who hopes to play professional baseball in both his native country and the United States. But for Seo to start chipping away at his dream, he’s had to cross not just […]
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By Christine Stoddard
“In the beginning, I was young … he was handsome. He said I was beautiful, smart, worthy of love … made me feel that way. And so we were married, walking joyfully together down a church aisle, our union blessed by God. Then came the angry words … the verbal tearing apart. … Now I […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
“I’m not being ridiculous,” she said, as she pulled one napkin after another out of the box. “I have four children at my table. We need all these.” “Take your time,” I said. “I’ve got nine kids. I get it.” She stopped her hurried napkin-pulling and turned to look at me. “You have nine kids? […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
Let’s draw a line. A stark choice confronts every Catholic, every Sunday after Mass: to run, or to linger. Jesus Christ has, minutes before, entered our midst. Several moments of silence and peace hung in the air – sometimes the first quiet in seven days. Our prayers “arose like incense” as the Psalmist reminds us. […]
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By Russell Shaw
As Robert Hugh Benson’s apocalyptic novel Lord of the World moves toward its shocking conclusion, a naive young woman who has placed simple-minded faith in the utter goodness of the Antichrist figure at the center of the story awakens to the fact that her hero artfully has constructed a regime of violence, oppression and thought […]
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Christendom College in Front Royal broke ground on a new women’s residence hall Oct. 10. The first new residence hall in 15 years, the 96-bed St. Clare Hall is expected to be ready for occupancy by fall 2016. “It’s been a long time since the campus has seen a development of this size and value […]
National
By Elizabeth Fisher
PHILADELPHIA – For weeks, Catholics had been streaming to the “Knotted Grotto,” a dome-shaped lattice-work frame outside the chapel of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, tying white strips of paper offering prayers for healing of sick friends and relatives, world peace, protection of the environment, the elimination of poverty and […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called on people to replace their thirst for power with the joy of quiet and humble service, as he proclaimed four new saints, including the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. All of Christ’s disciples, especially its pastors, are called to model themselves after Jesus and “suppress our instinctive desire […]
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Good Counsel defeated O’Connell 3-2 in Arlington Oct. 9. All photos by Joe Cashwell for the Catholic Herald. Click here to buy photos from this game.
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