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By Russell Shaw
Come right down to it, the argument is simple to the point of being self-evident: A human embryo is either a human person or well along in the process of becoming one. In either case, the embryo enjoys fundamental legal rights of personhood, including the right to life. That occurred to me again while reflecting […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
Sometimes, I begin Lent with the intent to clean all the things. I’m going to examine my conscience and confess my sins and clean out the pantry and donate half the contents of my closet to a worthy cause. I’m going to super clean, and when I get to Easter, I will shine with splendid […]
Columns
By Lucia A. Silecchia
This past weekend, side by side in the grocery store, lay both bags of salt to pour on icy sidewalks for winter’s last hurrahs and bags of topsoil to spread in flower beds to welcome spring’s first blooms. This juxtaposition perfectly represents the unique place of March in the cycle of the year. Some say […]
Local
By Anna Harvey
Receiving the sacrament of penance, or confession, is a common and recommended Lenten spiritual exercise. But for some, it may have been a while since they last stepped into the confessional. Father William P. Saunders, pastor of St. Agnes Church in Arlington and diocesan episcopal vicar for faith formation; Father Daniel A. Rice, parochial vicar […]
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By Anna Harvey
When high school senior Severyn Parsons signed up for a Commissioned by Christ mission trip to Piura, Peru, he didn’t know what to expect. “I feel like I haven’t been serving as much as I could in my faith, and this seemed like an incredible opportunity and a chance to do that,” he said. Parsons […]
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Global
By Nathália Queiroz
“My secret, my great secret, is to pray,” said Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest nun in the world at 115 years of age. “I pray the rosary every day for all the people around the world.” The Teresian nun is also the oldest person in Brazil and Latin America, according to the Gerontological Research […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Though the global situation risks plunging people into pessimism, Christians are called to pursue their vocation of becoming “men and women of hope,” Pope Francis said. “As individuals and as communities, amid the variety of charisms and ministries, all of us are called to embody and communicate the Gospel message of hope […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — “War is always a defeat,” Pope Francis said, urging people at his general audience to pray that leaders in war-torn nations would have the courage to negotiate for peace. “We must make every effort to discuss, to negotiate to end war. Let’s pray for this,” the pope said at the end of […]
Schools
Students at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington raised more than $100,000 at the 49th annual Superdance March 9 to support research efforts to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. Superdance is a 12-hour, student-organized dance marathon held each year at O’Connell. In 1976, senior Maura O’Donnell organized the first Superdance in honor of her […]
