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By John Garvey
Every year around this time, I go away with my three brothers to play golf for an extended weekend. Next to Christmas, it is my favorite time of the year. We have taken on greater family and professional responsibilities. Still, in more than 20 years, not one of us has missed our golf trip. It […]
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Is the devil real? Here is Msgr. Ronald Knox on that: “It is stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil, when he is the only explanation of it.” Msgr. Knox, eminent British convert, author, retreat master and translator of the Bible, may have been indulging in irony. But irony doesn’t […]
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Father Gerald Weymes, pastor of St. Timothy Church in Chantilly, baptized and confirmed RCIA candidates during the Easter Vigil April 4. Gerald Martineau photographed moments from the vigil for the Catholic Herald.
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By Dave Borowski
Hours before the beauty, and the crowds, of the April 2 Holy Thursday Chrism Mass began at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, a tradition that goes back further than many priests can remember took place in the St. Thomas More Cathedral School cafeteria. Dozens of eggs were scrambled, pounds of bacon and […]
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By Katie Scott
The Holy Thursday Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington was filled with both solemnity and joy – a fitting precursor to the Easter Triduum. In the annual liturgy, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde blessed the oil of catechumens, the oil of the sick and the sacred chrism. From across the […]
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By Sarah Hinds
WASHINGTON (CNS) – As people age they should not only make efforts to be physically and mentally sharp but should consider ways to take stock of their spiritual health. There has been plenty written about the need to keep the brain and body active, and these theories are continually backed up by new studies. For […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
When it comes to auctions, trimming a beard is generally not what one expects on the auction block, but at St. Theresa School in Ashburn it was a hot ticket item. Parochial Vicar Father Thomas Cavanaugh’s five-inch beard had its first appearance on the chopping block during last year’s Parent Teacher Organization auction. He saw […]
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“A Celebration of Peace Through Music” concert will be broadcast April 3 at 8:30 p.m. and again April 5 at 3:30 p.m. on WETA Channel 26. Originally filmed May 14, 2014, the concert celebrates the canonizations of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII and the papacy of Pope Francis. The concert was co-sponsored […]
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Storytelling takes a back seat to sermonizing in this competent ensemble drama that turns on a Chicago pastor’s (Ted McGinley) preaching about the centrality of the Cross in the lives of Christians and the need to put faith into practice. He and his wife (Tracy Melchior) do so by taking in a pregnant teen (Madison […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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Death, where is your sting?