Commentary

St. Teresa of Jesus was born in Avila, Spain, on March 28, 1515, one of twelve children in a faith-filled home. At age seven she read the lives of the saints and was so inspired by the martyrs that she and her brother Rodrigo began walking south toward the Moors hoping to gain instant access to heaven. They were intercepted on their way by their uncle and returned home.

Did you know that one of the most famous lines attributed to St. Teresa of Kolkata was never spoken by her?

As Little Sisters of the Poor we find our joy in sharing our lives with those whom many in our society would prefer to forget — the elderly poor.

Personal integrity Check the Catechism God or government? Disappointed ‘Top shelf journalism’ Forgive Bishop Loras Close to home

Paula Kraus wasn’t afraid to utter the wish burning in her heart, the one that seizes so many preparing to lose a loved one.

During this year marked by the disruption and pain brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves bound together with the rest of the world in ways unknown before, as we all reckon with our human frailty and uncertainty about the way ahead.

One of the most cherished virtues of our present-day society is kindness. The gospel of kindness, if you will, is preached to us in many different ways, be it in the form of yard signs that proclaim “kindness is everything,” to T-shirts admonishing us to “be kind.”

Virginia State Health Commissioner, Dr. Norman Oliver, told a local news station in August 2020 that he planned to mandate COVID-19 immunizations for Virginians once a vaccine becomes available to the public.