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By Dave Borowski
While many in the Washington metropolitan area were enjoying one last weekend of summer, dozens of people came to Marymount University in Arlington Sept. 5 to hear speakers talk about ways to combat racism. The conference theme, “Race Relations: Educating to End Racism and Build Solidarity,” brought together experts and parish social justice activists to […]
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By John Garvey
Ultrasound technology was in its early days when my wife and I were having children. Pictures of our babies in utero always looked like Rohrschach blots to me. I couldn’t tell top from bottom. The doctors could, though. It became possible for the first time to tell the sex of the baby before it was […]
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Parishioners of St. Patrick Church in Fredericksburg enjoyed a Labor Day Bluegrass Festival Sept. 7.
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By For The Catholic Herald
When Nathaniel Valenti missed the first day of classes at Marymount University in Arlington this semester, he had a pretty good excuse – He’d been off fighting wildfires in Montana and was on his way back to the East Coast. The junior criminal justice major from Dover, Del., put in 15-hour shifts in the forests […]
National
By Nancy Wiechec
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. – When Pope Francis announced in January he would canonize Blessed Junípero Serra, the announcement surprised people. He had bypassed the verification of a second miracle attributed to the intercession of a candidate for sainthood, which is generally required for canonization. It was news that raised the eyebrows of Rosellen Sanna. She and […]
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Catholic Herald staff writer Katie Scott appeared on the EWTN radio show “Morning Glory” Sept. 9 to discuss Pope Francis’ recent decisions to ease the rules surrounding annulments and granting priests worldwide the authority to forgive abortion in Confession. Miss it? You can still listen in online. The discussion begins at the 33:54 mark.
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By Elizabeth Foss
There is the faintest hint of crispness in the dawn these days, just a little teaser that alludes to autumn’s approach. The seasons are shifting. A previously quick early-morning grocery run took 45 minutes transit time one way yesterday. Back-to-school traffic is a real thing, friends. September is a season of gathering. Everywhere we go, […]
Pope Francis
By Chaz Muth
WASHINGTON – When Pope Francis approaches the Catholic Charities building in downtown Washington during his U.S. visit in September, he will encounter a “homeless person” covered in a blanket laying on a park bench. The scene actually is a sculpture. And it’s not a work of art depicting any homeless person; it’s the bronze image […]
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By George Weigel
Seventy-five years ago, on Sept. 15, 1940, Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine were driven from the prime minister’s country house, Chequers, to the nearby village of Uxbridge, a Royal Air Force station and the headquarters from which Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park was directing the RAF’s No. 11 Group against the onslaught of the German […]
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By Katie Scott
Father Mark S. Mealey possesses a formidable intellect and firmness that have served him well during his long tenure as vicar general, moderator of the curia and judicial vicar for the Arlington Diocese. But spend just a few minutes with the Oblate of St. Francis de Sales and something else stands out: a gentleness that […]
