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St. Joseph Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of its famous Gospel Choir with a vibrant, standing-room-only event filled with praise and thanksgiving Oct. 18.
10/28/26
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A survey of 2,401 Catholic adults found that 39% said they have faced racial discrimination at some point in their lives, and 10% said they have faced racial discrimination within their parish community.
10/28/26
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The Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays are facing each other in the Major League Baseball World Series in which both teams are seeking their first championship. In the run-up to the fall classic, several superstars from both teams spoke about their faith.
10/28/26
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Pope Leo XIV
Continuing his catechetical series on the pastoral constitution “Gaudium et Spes,” Pope Leo XIV called on the faithful not to live their faith with a spirit of “opposition” or “hostility towards the world.”
10/28/26
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Columns
As a Little Sister of the Poor, nothing gives me greater joy than making the elderly happy by helping them to rediscover the many reasons to celebrate life.
10/27/26
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“Just don’t be afraid to bring it up.”
That’s how Angela Ciatti said she witnesses the Catholic faith in high school during a standing room only panel discussion on the topic with her peers.
10/27/26
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More than a century has passed since a small chapel was erected in a corner of rural El Nido, Va. The chapel originally served as a mission of St. James Church in Falls Church.
10/26/26
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Catholic Herald Staff Report
All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas will host a Rosary for Virginia Oct. 30 to pray that the sanctity of life and marriage is upheld by voting “no” to two proposed constitutional amendments regarding abortion access and redefining marriage.
10/26/26
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Pope Francis
10/21/24
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Beginning with the question posed in Sunday's Gospel, "Which commandment in the law is the greatest?" Pope Leo XIV focused his reflection before the Angelus on the theme of love.
10/26/26
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV requires no further treatment following his Oct. 13 surgery, the Vatican Press Office said in a statement Oct. 21.
10/22/26
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The mutual self-gift of husband and wife underlies the requirement for “total fidelity” and the “unbreakable oneness” of marriage, Pope Leo XIV said at the general audience Oct. 21.
10/21/26
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Pope Leo XIV appeared at the window of his private study in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Oct. 18, just one day after being discharged early from the hospital following surgery Oct. 13.
10/19/26
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Movies
The beloved story, which follows the Dashwood sisters as they make new life for themselves in the wake of their father’s death, has had numerous television and movie adaptations over the years.
10/16/26
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Theater
“Prince Caspian” has returned to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, and some members of the Arlington Diocese may recognize one of the stars.
10/14/26
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Books
Four years. Ninety-four basilicas. Thirty-five states. After visiting each basilica in the United States, Grady Connolly, founder of Social Thomist and an alumnus of The Catholic University of America in Washington, invites others to do the same with his new book, “Basilicas.”
10/14/26
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9/17/26
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Pope Francis
10/21/24
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Loving God