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Archbishop James P. Green may not be a familiar name to American Catholics, but the Philadelphia native has played a significant role on the world stage, including ordaining the future Pope Leo XIV a bishop. Throughout the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, Archbishop Green, 75, served as papal nuncio to Iceland, […]
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Eleven St. Vincent de Paul Society conferences serve those in need at 13 parishes in the diocese, with more conferences anticipated. Through publicized helplines, food pantries and other avenues, conference volunteers, also known as Vincentians, serve neighbors seeking assistance. In one-on-one meetings — face-to-face in their homes when possible — Vincentians listen with empathy and […]
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.
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More than 160 Catholic scientists, students, and religious gathered June 6–8 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, for the annual meeting of the Society of Catholic Scientists.
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Eleven St. Vincent de Paul Society conferences serve those in need at 13 parishes in the diocese, with more conferences anticipated. Through publicized helplines, food pantries and other avenues, conference volunteers, also known as Vincentians, serve neighbors seeking assistance. In one-on-one meetings — face-to-face in their homes when possible — Vincentians listen with empathy and […]
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Archbishop James P. Green may not be a familiar name to American Catholics, but the Philadelphia native has played a significant role on the world stage, including ordaining the future Pope Leo XIV a bishop. Throughout the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, Archbishop Green, 75, served as papal nuncio to Iceland, […]
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“It’s been amazing to find a community I feel welcome in and just be accepted for who I am, and I have been able to really increase my faith journey here,” said Clarissa Ostorga, a rising senior at George Mason University in Fairfax.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.
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"Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids,” read a sign in Brussels, Belgium.
Or, as author Jean Kerr wrote, “The real menace in dealing with a 5-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like one.”
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VATICAN CITY — The cultural and pastoral diversity among clergy is not a burden but a gift that should enrich communion within the church rather than fragment it, Pope Leo XIV told the priests and deacons of the Diocese of Rome.
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VATICAN CITY — Recognizing the essential tenets of faith that Catholics and Orthodox share should be the lens through which they discuss the issues that continue to separate them, Pope Leo XIV said.
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Three teen brothers from Ireland have turned their admiration for Blessed Carlo Acutis into a Lego movie about the life of the soon-to-be canonized teenage Italian Catholic who died from leukemia at the age of 15.
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In 1928, Father Joseph Steiger, a priest at St. Joseph’s in Earling, Iowa, was approached with an urgent concern. A 46-year-old woman named Emma Schmidt was experiencing blackouts, aversions to holy objects and other terrible afflictions. After years of extensive psychiatric treatment provided no relief, Schmidt’s priest suggested an exorcism.
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It’s not every day that a parish turns 230 years old. As the Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria celebrates its milestone anniversary this year, parish historian Kitty Guy and archival manager Virginia Nyce released an updated book on the parish’s history. The new book, “Brick Chapel to Basilica: A History of Virginia’s Oldest Catholic […]
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