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In a unanimous ruling April 19, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the long-standing requirement of the House of Representatives that it open each day it is in session with a prayer.
In the lead up to Mother’s Day May 12, the Diocese of Arlington is celebrating mothers via a social media campaign called “Love Our Mothers” that features four especially heroic mothers who have relied on or used diocesan and Catholic Charities programs. In separate sit-down interviews, each mother shares her own story of adversity and triumph.
The CHAMPS Club at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington counts students from almost every sport as members.
May the ambo be used for announcements before Mass begins?
Is it a sin to miss Sunday Mass, given the extreme pain?
Recalling Jesus' death on the cross, Pope Francis led thousands on Good Friday in reflecting on the crosses of loneliness, fear and betrayal that crucify countless men, women and children in the world.
On the Monday of Holy Week, we stuffed several dozen plastic eggs with sweet treasures and bound them tightly in a large plastic bag and put them in the back of the car so that I wouldn’t forget them. Then, we drove them nearly 400 miles north to hide them in the magical backyard of the house where my grandchildren live. On Easter Sunday, those four little ones and my two youngest children searched for bright eggs under daffodils and yet-to-bloom lilies. With every splash of color, there was a little burst of expectant joy. Always, always from the littlest to the biggest, we are a people on the hunt for joy.
The stones and spires of Notre Dame aren't merely a part of that country's past, but what they represent offer a way forward for both the country and church alike, as they did for me more than a decade ago.
It's sad, what we have done to ourselves, and especially to the young people whose hormones are pulling them irresistibly to find love and play a part in God's creation. Instead, we offer them a diet of porn that they can binge on until they develop a virtual version of Prader-Willi syndrome.
Gospel Commentary: A mission of mercy
In every season of the church’s liturgical year, we are compelled by the love of God to proclaim boldly God’s mercy.