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By Zoey Maraist
Though the prospect of not having biological children can be devastating for couples, many Catholics decide to forgo assisted reproductive technology.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Telling parents and godparents to teach their little ones to pray from the time they are small, Pope Francis baptized 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel as their older brothers and sisters looked on — or got away and ran around. With his knee apparently improving, Pope Francis walked with a cane […]
Local
By Leslie Miller
Since last fall, Eritrean Catholics in the Arlington diocese have been praying for peace and an end to religious persecution in their home country. Some of those prayers were answered a few days after Christmas when an Eritrean bishop and priest, Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim and Father Mihreteab Estifanos, were released from prison in Eritrea’s […]
Pope Francis
By Hannah Brockhaus
Sickness and vulnerability is scary because it is a threat to the culture of efficiency, Pope Francis said in a message published ahead of the World Day of the Sick. “We are rarely prepared for illness. Oftentimes, we fail even to admit that we are getting older,” the pope said Jan. 10. “Our vulnerability frightens […]
Pope Francis
By Courtney Mares
In his Angelus address Jan. 8, Pope Francis said that God’s justice is often misunderstood as mere punishment when in reality it “raises us up” by “freeing us from the snares of evil.” On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the pope said that “Jesus reveals God’s justice.” Speaking from the window of […]
Pope Francis
By Jonathan Liedl
The global community is engaged in a “third world war” marked by heightened fear, conflict and risk of nuclear violence, but a recommitment to “truth, justice, solidarity and freedom” can provide a pathway to peace, Pope Francis told international diplomats Jan. 9. Citing the ongoing war in Ukraine, but also drawing on conflicts in places […]
Columnists
By Ann M. Augherton
As news of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI spread Dec. 31, people began sharing their encounters and impressions of the pope who served the church so long and so faithfully, and who made news when he retired in 2013. For Catholic journalists, some stories date back to his days as Cardinal Joseph […]
National
By Peter Pinedo
A special Christmas “Bethlehem Bells” exhibit at the Museum of the Bible is bringing the Holy Land to Washington. The bronze bells that once graced the ancient Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem have traveled from the Holy Land for a special, one-time-only trip to America. Six of these bells can be seen only at the Museum […]
Global
By Hannah Brockhaus
A large banner of the resurrection of Christ provided the decorative backdrop to the altar during Pope Benedict XVI’s funeral Jan. 5. The image, which hung in front of the central entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica, appears to be a copy of an 18th-century tapestry belonging to the Vatican. According to Vatican News, the original […]
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