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By Briseis Ferrufino
For the better part of a school year, I and 17 juniors and seniors from St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly discussed our expectations and hopes for our summer mission trip to Georgetown, Ky. It would be more than just an adventure or vacation; it would be a transformative experience, one that would […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — God created every human being to be free to choose how to live in this world, Pope Francis said. And those choices “will have a consequence, for you, for others and for the world; you can make the earth a magnificent garden or you can make it a desert of death,” he […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Aug. 30 in Moscow after a long illness, met several times with St. John Paul II, and the two often exchanged words of appreciation for each other. The two leaders met in 1989 and again in 1990, when Gorbachev was still president of the Soviet […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Jesus’ call to spread the Gospel should fill all Christians, especially those within the church hierarchy, with a sense of wonder and gratitude, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Aug. 30 with the College of Cardinals, the pope said this sense of wonder “sets us free from the temptation […]
National
By Gina Christian
PHILADELPHIA — When she was in fifth grade, Jayda Pugliese realized that “something wasn’t right.” As a student at St. Mary Interparochial School in Philadelphia, she struggled to keep up in class. Her world was falling silent, due to a progressive disease that attacked her auditory nerves. Adept at lip-reading, Pugliese managed to pass regular […]
Schools
The Student Government Service Committee (SGSC) at Seton School in Manassas is continuing the tradition begun in the 2019-20 school year of selecting a specific virtue as the focus for the student body and the faculty. This year’s virtue is humility, following charity (2019-20), fortitude (2020-21) and justice (2021-22). “SGSC will promote this virtue by […]
Schools
Even before the first athletes take the field for the new school year, the athletic training department at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington has been a flurry of activity. Over the summer, they have given the athletic training facility a facelift, hired a third athletic trainer and acquired a new 55-gallon hydration station. Joining […]
Columns
By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
The new English formula for absolution used in penance is to go into effect sometime during 2023. Last year, the U.S. Bishops voted on two slight changes in translation from the current formula. This year, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved this latest translation of the Latin original. […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
These are not the best of times for America’s men and boys. Recent data suggest the extent of the problem, without getting at its roots. Men now make up only 40.5 percent of college enrollment. Men’s median wage has been declining in real terms for more than 20 years. And “deaths of despair”— resulting from […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ comments on the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, were meant to defend life and were not a political affirmation, the Vatican said. “It must be reiterated that the Holy Father’s words on this tragic issue should be read as a voice raised […]
