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By Peter Pinedo
“Tragically, religious freedom for many is increasingly under assault around the world,” Rep. Michael McCaul said to kick off the International Religious Freedom Summit, which took place in Washington this week. Faith leaders from across the world — including Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and others — gathered at the summit to address the ongoing persecution […]
National
By Kevin J. Jones
A group of Catholic students was wrongly kicked out of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum because museum staff reacted with hostility to their matching blue pro-life hats, their supporters say. Twelve students from Our Lady of the Rosary School in Greenville, S.C., and their chaperones had attended the March for Life in Washington Jan. […]
Global
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
KINSHASA, Congo — The hands that will save Congo and build a future worthy of its people belong to the Congolese people, to each one of them, but especially the young, Pope Francis said. The pope met Feb. 2 with 65,000 screaming, singing, swaying young people in Kinshasa’s Martyrs’ Stadium, a soccer stadium named to […]
Schools
Nearly a third of student body at Seton School in Manassas is on the swim team — 113 students. The team’s motto is GEMS: gratitude, excellence, meekness and sacrifice. An annual Seton swim team event that reflects these values is the Cystic Fibrosis Swim-a-Thon. Several current and past Seton swimmers suffer from Cystic Fibrosis, an […]
Schools
Sofia Parfomak, a senior at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, was recognized by the National Catholic Education Association Jan. 31 for organizing a fundraising concert that benefitted the children of Ukraine last summer. Parfomak was chosen from more than 1.6 million Catholic school students across the country for the Youth Virtues, Valor and Vision […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Pro-lifers join the Virginia March for Life in Richmond.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
KINSHASA, Congo — In a country where most people are Christian and all are suffering from decades of violence and atrocities, Pope Francis told the Congolese to lay down their weapons and their rancor. “That is what Christ wants. He wants to anoint us with his forgiveness, to give us peace and the courage to […]
Global
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has chosen Chicago-born Bishop Robert F. Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, to succeed Canadian Cardinal Ouellet as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. The Vatican announced Jan. 30 the retirement of Cardinal Ouellet and the appointment of Bishop Prevost, whom Pope Francis […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
KINSHASA, Congo — After flying across the equator, Pope Francis was welcomed warmly — in every sense — to Congo where Catholics make up the majority of the population and where, for decades, the Catholic Church has been at the forefront of efforts to bring peace, education and health care to the people. With a […]
National
By Peter Pinedo
The U.S. bishops are urging Congress to permanently ban the use of taxpayer dollars for abortion through the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Committee, issued a letter Jan. 27 to House and Senate leaders supporting the […]
