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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI received a cake on his 83rd birthday from the U.S.-based Papal Foundation, which also presented him with a list of the projects they have funded in his name this year. The 120-member group – including Cardinals Justin Rigali of Philadelphia and Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington – […]
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By Thomas J. Craughwell
Blessed Margaret's life is one of the most heart-wrenching stories in the calendar of saints. She was born blind, with severe curvature of the spine; her right leg was an inch and a half shorter than her left, and her left arm was malformed. She never grew beyond four feet tall.
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By Teresa Hoffman Greenley
When Father Horace (“Tuck”) Grinnell celebrates the Arlington Diocese’s healing Mass at a different parish each month, the New Spirit Singers (NSS) are there beside him to provide music of comfort, hope and reconciliation – a healing ministry joined nearly three years ago by the choir that first came together in 1972 at Holy Spirit […]
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By Fr. Peter J. Daly
I wish I were a better priest. I wish I prayed more. Then maybe I would have grace to share when needed. I wish I knew the Scriptures better. Then I would have the right words to say when sorrows come and tragedy visits a household. But time and again I know that I am […]
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By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – The Roman Curia’s headline-grabbing defense of Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of the clerical sex abuse scandal has demonstrated that when it comes to Vatican communications, the pope is not a micromanager. Twice during Holy Week liturgies, the pope was caught unawares when his aides spoke passionately about the barrage of criticism the […]
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By Catholic News Service
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Benedictine Father Paul Marx, the founder and former president of Human Life International in Front Royal, died March 20 in Minnesota at St. Cloud Hospital. He was 89. A funeral Mass for Father Marx was to be celebrated March 26 at St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville, followed by interment in […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
If you ask Ken Robinson, he’ll tell you he has been a parishioner of St. Agnes Church in Arlington since 1948. In-between his sophomore and junior years at Boston College, the now 81-year-old retired Marine Corps general visited that parish for the first time while attending “summer camp” at Marine Corps Base Quantico. St. Agnes […]
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WASHINGTON (CNS) – Here is the text of a statement from the U.S. bishops on health reform signed into law March 23 by President Barack Obama. The statement was approved by the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: For nearly a century, the Catholic bishops of the United States have called for […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
The Paul VI Catholic High School men’s varsity tennis team is off to a 3-0 start after an 8-1 win over Good Counsel and a 5-4 win over Benedictine High School. The Panthers were scheduled to face undefeated Gonzaga Monday night. Number 1 seeded junior Patrick Reynolds ended with a win of 8-4 over his […]
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By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – Here are some of the major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is projected to cost $938 billion over 10 years. The bill passed the House March 21 and was signed into law March 23: Changes in 2010: – Insurance companies will be barred from discriminating against children based […]
