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VATICAN CITY — When Pary Gul, a Christian woman from Afghanistan, met Pope Francis Sept. 22, she gave him her wedding ring as a reminder of her husband, who has disappeared and may be dead.
WASHINGTON — John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington since 2010, announced Sept. 22 that he will be stepping down from the role he described as "an honor and a privilege" at the end of June.
I spent some time the other day in the ongoing task of sorting through all of Mom’s stuff. So. Much. Stuff. On this particular day, I was going through the contents of her desk. What I found broke my heart.
If you think a novel set in 14th-century Norway has to be dull, think again. Sigrid Undset’s “Kristin Lavransdatter,” far from being a bore, is surely one of the most exciting works of fiction ever — to say nothing of being the finest Catholic novel.
My father suffers from dementia. In the beginning, he would amble along in a regular conversation and lose his place. Usually, he’d find it and come back to the discussion, and we’d all just continue on. Then he began to lose his time. He could remember something, but he didn’t seem to know that his brain was stuck in 1972. Now, he remembers my name, but he struggles with any further details. Conversations stop and start, and memories elude him even when I try to bring them to the light.
BETHESDA, Md. — For three-time Olympian Katie Ledecky, her incredible journey to winning four more Olympic medals at the Summer Games in Tokyo began many years ago and winds through several roads.
A couple weeks before my three sons left for college, I took each to supper. They chose the restaurant, reflecting their personalities: a Thai place, a steak house, a premium burger grill. I picked up the tab, but I wasn't there for dinner. I wanted to talk.
VATICAN CITY — A living faith draws strength from remembering the past while continuing to grow in love of God and service to others, Pope Francis said.
Just in time for the new school year, Marymount University in Arlington transformed the parking lot in front of the Main House into a usable green space.
After being canceled last year due to COVID-19 restrictions, the new student luau organized by the Catholic campus ministry at George Mason University in Fairfax returned, drawing more than 800 students to the lawn of St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel for food, music, dancing and games last month.
