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By Elizabeth Foss
Is it just me or has the world become even angrier than it was two years ago? Is it possible that this Lent is marked by more darkness than that one? I’m working some spring cleaning into my Lenten routine, and I’ve been pondering this anger as I work. More specifically, I’m thinking about women […]
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By Fr. Jonathan M. Smith
Devotion to the holy Eucharist has deep roots in the City of Brotherly Love. While most people visit Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell, run up the Rocky Steps and eat a cheesesteak, the city also has a rich Catholic culture, which merits a visit to see the birthplace of Eucharistic devotion in the United […]
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By John Garvey
When I was a boy, there was a revolution in Hungary against the communist government. The Soviet Union put it down brutally. Several hundred thousand Hungarians fled the country, some for the United States. My grandfather took in one family. They moved into the little white house where I was born and stayed for a […]
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By Rhina Guidos
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said March 24 that the United States plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians as refugees. This was announced while President Joe Biden joined European leaders for a high-stakes NATO meeting in Brussels, where he pledged during a news conference that the U.S. will provide $1 billion in humanitarian aid […]
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By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Catholics must unite helping those who, through war and persecution, experience Christ’s suffering on the cross in their own lives, said the prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches. “If, in personal terms, Christ has suffered and died only once and cannot die anymore, in his body, which is the church, he […]
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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court March 24 ruled in favor of a Texas prisoner who wanted his pastor to pray aloud over him and place his hands on him in the execution chamber. Although the 8-1 decision specifically focused on the case of prisoner John Ramirez, it also will likely impact the cases of other […]
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By Catholic News Service
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seventy-seven years ago, inside the same building, Loyola University New Orleans won its first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics men’s basketball national championship. Inside Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City the night of March 22, the Jesuit-run Loyola Wolf Pack ended that drought by winning the championship, the first since the […]
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By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
Our Lady of Fatima, having asked for the consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart as well as the communion of reparation on the five First Saturdays, told Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta July 13, 1917: “If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her […]
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By Special To The Catholic Herald
Superdance, the marathon 12-hour dance fundraiser to benefit cystic fibrosis research, returned to Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington this year after the event was canceled due to COVID-19
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By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Here is the Vatican text of the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, sent by the Vatican to bishops throughout the world. Pope Francis has invited bishops and the rest of the world to join him when he recites the prayer March 25 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Act of […]
