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Pope Francis
By Courtney Mares
In his Angelus address Jan. 15, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to cultivate the virtue of knowing “how to step aside” in order to bear witness to Jesus, as St. John the Baptist did. The pope also announced that an ecumenical prayer vigil will take place in St. Peter’s Square as part of the church’s ongoing […]
National
When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered an injury-induced cardiac arrest during a Jan. 2 football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, it shocked the nation — and spurred the community where he attended high school into prayerful action. Hamlin attended and played football at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, graduating in 2016. “Our prayers […]
Parishes
By Zoey Maraist
The Catholic Vietnamese community celebrates the Lunar New Year with a fundraising festival.
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Father Jerome R. Daly, a decorated U.S. Army veteran and former pastor of St. John the Beloved Church in McLean and St. Michael Church in Annandale, died Jan. 14 at his home. He was 91. After retirement from active priesthood in 2004, Father Daly lived at The Fairfax at Belvoir Woods, a retirement community […]
Local
“Beauty, just like truth, always engenders wonder, and when these are referred to the mystery of God, they lead to adoration,” Pope Francis wrote in an apostolic letter last summer “on the liturgical formation of the people of God.” Titled “Desiderio Desideravi” (“I have earnestly desired”), the letter was released June 29, the feast of […]
National
By Kevin J. Jones
A Christian nurse practitioner has filed a federal lawsuit against CVS Health, charging that a CVS pharmacy wrongly fired her from her job after it ended her longtime accommodation of her religious objections to contraceptives and abortion-causing drugs. Attorneys with the Plano, Texas-based religious freedom legal group First Liberty Institute say Robyn Strader’s case is […]
Movies
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
The highly anticipated sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” is set to begin filming this spring. The film, “The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection,” will focus on the days immediately following Christ’s crucifixion. Actor, director and producer Mel Gibson is expected to begin production in the next few months, according to World of Reel. […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The call to faith in Jesus always is a call to service and mission, Pope Francis told seminarians, priests and staff of the Pontifical North American College. “Whenever Jesus calls men and women, he always does so in order to send them out, in particular to the vulnerable and those on the […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — No physical limitation or setback can diminish the value of any human being because each person is a unique and beloved child of God, Pope Francis said. “We are not anonymous, we are not photocopies, we are all originals! And this is how we should be: originals, not photocopies,” he said during […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The death of Australian Cardinal George Pell was a shock because just five days earlier he had concelebrated the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI and “seemed in good health,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals. In his homily at Cardinal Pell’s funeral Mass Jan. 14 in St. […]
