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When: Thursday, June 2 at noon Where: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. Baccalaureate Mass: May 22 at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington at 9 a.m. Graduation speaker: Retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones Jr., former national security adviser Total graduates: 334 Graduates […]
Local
By Gretchen Kriebel
School is almost out for the summer and that means a new schedule for children. Whether kids are swimming, biking, traveling, heading off to camp or playing in the backyard, the summer months bring different safety concerns. Keep your kids safe this summer with these tips. Sunscreen and bug spray Sunburn is no fun for […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ABOARD THE CARITAS EXPRESS – Caritas Internationalis opened its 60th anniversary celebrations with a loud whistle, a puff of smoke and a plume of steam on a vintage train traveling from the Vatican’s seldom-used train station for a day’s outing. The train, dubbed the Caritas Express for the May 21 journey, included the fancy parlor […]
Local
By Gretchen R. Crowe
If you’re at all into sports and over the age of 30, you probably remember Ken Beatrice, the host of a Washington, D.C.,-based sports talk radio show whose signature “You’re next!” catchphrase and uncanny ability to recall rosters and stats kept him on the air for nearly 40 years. Having hung up the microphone in […]
Local
By Katie Bahr
A few hours outside the crowds and suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C., is the Northern Neck, an area flanked by the Potomac and Rappahanock rivers. Made up of Lancaster, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Richmond and King George counties, the area’s known history dates back to Colonial times. St. Elizabeth Parish in Colonial Beach was founded in 1905, only […]
National
By David Gibson
WASHINGTON – Because potential sexual abusers of minors cannot be pinpointed through “identifiable psychological characteristics,” it is “very important” to prevent abuse by limiting the “situational factors” associated with it, according to a long-awaited report on the causes and context of sexual abuse by priests in the United States. The report, released in Washington May […]
Columns
By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – A new Vatican instruction calls on local bishops and pastors to respond generously to Catholics who seek celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite. The instruction, issued May 13, said pastors should approve such Masses for groups of faithful, even when such groups […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The following diocesan and religious order priests are celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2011: 25 YEARS Father Eric J. Albertson grew up in Springfield and attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria. He studied business at West Virginia University and graduated with a bachelor’s of science in 1981. While in college, he signed up for ROTC […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
Father Richard M. Guest, pastor of St. Theresa Church in Ashburn, remembers driving on a dirt road to the parish to help out with confessions early in his priesthood. When he became parochial administrator of the parish in 2003 many years later, there was just a sliver of the old road left. Most roads had […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
The Vatican said the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, a man who sowed division and hatred and who caused “innumerable” deaths, should prompt serious reflection about one’s responsibility before God, not rejoicing. “It is important that we recognize the distinction between support for this act of justice defending our nation and a misguided […]
