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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – In 1989, Bishop Sean P. O’Malley of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, flew to the neighboring island of St. Croix to stay with a priest unable to evacuate before a pending storm. The storm – Hurricane Hugo – whipped through the Caribbean and devastated St. Croix. When it was over, the bishop was out […]
Local
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will celebrate Mass March 14 in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington at 7:15 p.m. The Mass will be taped and broadcast Easter Sunday, March 27, at 10:30 a.m. as a special one-hour edition of the Sunday TV Mass on […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – After more than six weeks of not being able to accept credit- and debit-card payments in the Vatican Museums and shops, the Vatican announced Feb. 13 that it had begun accepting plastic again. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, also told reporters Feb. 13 that it was likely that the Institute for […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – As much as he astonished the world when he announced his resignation Feb. 11, Pope Benedict XVI’s decision seems almost predictable in hindsight. Given his previous statements on the subject and his recent signs of aging, one might say that people should have seen it coming. The real mystery now is not […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will lead a full slate of Holy Week and Easter liturgies in Rome and at the Vatican, keeping pace with a usually busy papal schedule. Publishing the pope’s schedule Jan. 29, the Vatican said his Holy Week activities will begin with a procession and Mass in St. Peter’s Square […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – In an effort to protect Michelangelo’s famed frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museums will be installing a new ventilation system to suck the dust, dirt and humidity from visitors. With 5 million tourists pushing through the turnstiles each year, all that traffic is taking its toll as “dust, temperature, humidity […]
Global
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The destruction from Typhoon Bopha in portions of Mindanao in the southern Philippines is worse than feared as rescue workers continued to discover bodies under knee-deep mud, said a Catholic Relief Services official coordinating the agency’s storm response. “It looks like a tsunami hit. It’s just complete and total destruction. Whole hillsides were […]
Local
By For The Catholic Herald
St. John the Beloved Church in McLean will host a celebration weekend Sept 20-22 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of their mission. The events will begin Sept. 20 at 6420 Linway Terrace in McLean from 6 to 10 p.m. with an authentic Louisiana shrimp boil with jambalaya and New Orleans bread pudding; a […]
Global
By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service
MANCHESTER, England – The newly appointed leader of the world’s Anglicans is a former oil executive who said his spiritual director was a Catholic monk. Bishop Justin Welby of Durham, who will become the new archbishop of Canterbury, did not name the monk, but told a Nov. 9 news conference at London’s Lambeth Palace that […]
Local
The staff of the Catholic Herald hears about worthy charities, fundraising efforts and clothing drives year-round, but especially at this time of year. Our own parishes hold food drives or put up giving trees, our families bring home fliers about school collections, and our friends tells us about the latest Knights of Columbus project or […]
