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By Abbey Jaroma | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Matt Fradd, a popular Catholic speaker who said he has dedicated his life to fighting pornography, teamed up with longtime youth minister Mark Hart, known as the “Bible Geek,” and LifeTeen to develop an app designed to assist young people find victory in their battle against porn. “I worked as an apologist at […]
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By Julia Willis | Catholic Herald Intern
Pulling into a parking spot at Tall Timbers Marina in St. Mary’s County, Md., March 27, Michael Clark was looking forward to spending a peaceful weekend with his wife. But what initially started as a “minivacation” quickly became an emergency when the varsity swim coach at Marymount University in Arlington realized a woman had fallen […]
Movies
When a James Bond-like CIA field operative (Jude Law) becomes a casualty in the agency’s effort to bring down the ruthless heir (Rose Byrne) of an international crime dynasty, his devoted but previously desk-bound partner (Melissa McCarthy) goes undercover to avenge him by nabbing the evildoer. She’s aided, albeit ineptly, by the goodhearted officemate (Miranda […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
Last month, the Fairfax County School Board voted 10-1 to become the only school system in Virginia to add “gender identity” to its anti-discrimination policy. The board is now preparing its next step – a vote later this month on broad changes to its Family Life Education Program, including lessons related to gender identity beginning […]
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By Dave Borowski
By all measures, Lydia Ann Kraiger is an outstanding young woman. Throughout middle and high school, Kraiger, 16, was active in her parish, St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax, and her community. She volunteered at the Arlington diocesan WorkCamp, maintained a 4.07 GPA at Oakton High School and has been member of the National […]
National
By Catholic News Service
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. bishops join with other religious leaders and civic leaders “in pledging to work for healing and reconciliation” after a series of racial conflicts “that have taken place around our beloved country,” said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky. The archbishop, who is the president of the U.S. Conference of […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Efforts to convince people that the differences between male and female are simply social conventions, which limit individual freedom, ignore the fact that men and women need each other in order to understand themselves, Pope Francis said. “The differences between man and woman are not of the order of opposition or subordination, […]
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By Dave Borowski
Like Easter, Corpus Christi is a moveable feast. It’s celebrated the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, which this year was June 4. Most parishes push the celebration to the following Sunday. To accommodate their students, St. Timothy School in Chantilly celebrated the feast June 5. Students from the school, with the help of Amy Powers, a […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The hidden heroes of this world are those family members who still go to work and get the job done after staying up all night tending to a sick loved one, Pope Francis said. In fact, the family “has always been the closest ‘hospital.’ And still today in many parts of the […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
If you are one of the hundreds of commuters who brave the Northern Virginia roads every morning, then you might have noticed five men in red jackets cycling beside you on your way to work. Biking 4 Vocations, a team of cycling priests and seminarians took to Route 1 June 5 on their way to […]
