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By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A $20 million gift is expected to help boost Georgetown University’s profile as a major center for environmental education and research. The gift from an anonymous donor affiliated with the school launches the Georgetown Environment Initiative, which university officials said will advance the interdisciplinary study of the environment in relation to society and […]
Local
By Maria-pia Negro
With chants of “Reform now,” and “The people united, would never be defeated,” local immigration rights supporters filled the halls of St. Charles Borromeo School in Arlington April 2 to convince people to join them in urging Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform. At the press conference, dozens of people carrying signs asked the […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the 2012 Ratzinger Prize for Theology on an American expert on the early church fathers and a French scholar of religious philosophy. U.S. Jesuit Father Brian E. Daley and Remi Brague received the award from the pope at a ceremony in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Oct. 20. Pope […]
Local
Holy Thursday • 10:30 a.m. Chrism Mass celebrated by Bishop Paul S. Loverde • 7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Friday • 3 p.m. Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion • 7:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross (English) • 8:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross (Spanish) Easter Vigil • 8:30 p.m. Easter Vigil […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, said any evangelization he’s done has always and only been a matter of building on the evangelization already begun within the family. “My pastoral work is simply an addition to what the family has already built,” he said Oct. 10 during a speech to the Synod […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, N.J., ordained 33 men from the Pontifical North American College to the diaconate Oct. 4 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Hundreds of family members, friends and students filled the pews at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s as they watched the joy-filled liturgy rich in […]
National
By Adam Shaw Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – The first story sounds as old as the Book of Exodus: A mother and father, fearing his annihilation by a sinister force, place their newborn son in a vessel they hope will transport him to safety. Adopted by a completely different family, he grows up to deliver many from the oppression of […]
National
By Daniel Linskey Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – After finally being accepted into college, the only headaches left for students are how to fit a dorm room into a car for move-in day – and how to afford that tuition. On June 29, Congress voted to keep the interest rate for Stafford federal student loans at 3.4 percent; it would have […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Jesuit Father Jose Funes is pleased with the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, and he thinks “everybody should be happy with the success.” The Argentine Jesuit, director of the Vatican Observatory, said the rover’s mission is important: “to see if we can learn a bit more about Mars and […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Paul Loong was determined to survive the POW camps where he was held by the Japanese for three years. While imprisoned, Loong kept a journal that had a chance of surviving him if he never made it out alive. But Loong did. And he made his way to the United States, got married […]
