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By Beth Griffin
NEW YORK – St. Patrick’s Cathedral, “America’s parish church and the soul of the capital of the world,” will undergo a $175 million, five-year restoration project that is necessary for its survival, according to Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York. Cardinal Dolan made the announcement on the steps of the cathedral March 17, hours […]
Schools
By Shannon Kerns
Kayleen Nagurny, a junior at Seton School in Manassas, rapidly has become an artist of astonishing skill. She recently was the featured artist at the Ashburn Spring Hills Suites Art night and her pencil portrait of the late Warren Carroll, founding president of Christendom College in Front Royal, adorns the wall of a Seton classroom. […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – As a sectarian conflict in Syria intensified, Pope Benedict XVI called on all Syrians to begin a process of dialogue and reminded the government of its duty to recognize its citizens’ legitimate demands. In Beirut, the patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church warned against toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, calling for dialogue […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
LANDOVER, Md. – Duery Felton Jr. calls them “icons.” The religious articles gathered up each day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington are just a small part of the estimated 400,000 items left in honor of a veteran and collected twice daily by National Park Service employees since the memorial opened 30 years ago. […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Most modern democracies have ended up hurting religious freedom in their effort to be “neutral” toward their citizens’ diverse beliefs, said Cardinal Angelo Scola. Under the guise of “objectivity” and respecting diversity, many governments are really upholding and giving legitimacy to a culture that is devoid of God and hostile to the […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Most modern democracies have ended up hurting religious freedom in their effort to be “neutral” toward their citizens’ diverse beliefs, said Cardinal Angelo Scola. Under the guise of “objectivity” and respecting diversity, many governments are really upholding and giving legitimacy to a culture that is devoid of God and hostile to the […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Should the Christmas shopping crowds, costs and commercialism be at odds with how one is trying to observe Advent and the celebration of the birth of Christ, there’s a burgeoning world of alternative ways of gift-giving that are vying for attention. – Angel trees or giving trees set up in churches, schools or […]
Local
By Marylynn G. Hewitt Catholic News Service
DETROIT (CNS) – Although it’s a standard wedding scene in movies, there’s a good reason why you won’t hear the phrase: “With this ring, I thee wed” at a Catholic marriage ceremony. “You are wed by your promise” and not by the exchange of rings, said Father Joseph Gagnon, a senior priest in the Detroit […]
Local
By Bill and Monica Dodds
“I luh, luh, luh, love you.” As St. Valentine’s Day pops up each year, a lot of married couples remember when they reached that exact point in their relationship. Whispering those three small words for the first time was no small feat. Especially if you were the first to say them and there was a […]
Local
Fr. Paul Dudzinski, pastor of St. Peter Parish in Washington, recently moved in to a new rectory built on the parish property in Rappahannock County. In the works for a few years, the house gives the priest more room compared to the suite of rooms attached to the church building where he was living until […]
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