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By Mark Zimmermann
Hope Dickson, a senior at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, was recently named as one of 10 Catholic school students across the country to receive the 2025 Youth Virtues, Valor and Vision Award from the National Catholic Educational Association.
Schools
By Gabrielle Knight
The 2024-25 basketball season for Nyla Brooks (’25) has been a remarkable journey, both individually and as a teammate at Ireton.
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The nightly recitation of the rosary for Pope Francis and for all the sick "is a beautiful gesture" of affection and of faith, said Cardinal Leonardo Sandri.
National
By Madalaine Elhabbal
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a Lenten reflection March 3 with a message calling for a “just peace” in Ukraine.
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Schools
By Anna Donofrio
Donna Carroll, president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, is on a campaign to spread hope to Catholic colleges and universities amid troubling times. “Right now, our country is faced with uncertainty and polarizing dissent,” she said in a Feb. 27 talk at Marymount University in Arlington to Catholic educators and administrators. “Our […]
National
By Tyler Arnold
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Faith & Reason Institute, the first Washington-based think tank devoted to encouraging both of these essential elements of human existence.
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis suffered “two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency” March 3 but remained alert, the Vatican said, giving cause for concern after two days in which his condition was described as “stable.” The episodes of respiratory distress were “caused by significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and subsequent bronchospasm,” the Vatican said in […]
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In preparation for Lent, Father John T. Raharjo, pastor of St. Ann Church in Arlington, blessed palms and set them ablaze to make ashes for Ash Wednesday. The ceremony took place in front of the statue of St. Ann March 3. “These are the palms we used to welcome Jesus last year at his entry […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ extended hospitalization and care is a reminder that every human being, especially the frail or elderly, must be given proper care, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. “What I would hope is that what we do for the pope we must do for everybody, for […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — As he continues to receive treatment in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis sent written thanks for people’s prayers, but he did not go to his hospital window as some people had hoped. Young people and members of the House of Mary, both groups associated with the Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception, led […]
