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The results of the midterm elections Nov. 3 dealt a heavy blow to pro-life protections in Virginia and across the nation.
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Pope Leo XIV
An estimated 2.5 million people made Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 9 the largest of his pontificate. Behind that figure were faces, stories and testimonies of faith that filled a historic day.
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Pope Leo XIV praised the work of a care home for disabled people that Argentina’s Catholic bishops have said is imperiled by the austerity policies of President Javier Milei.
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Pope Leo XIV spoke about crime, economic inequality, and political polarization, among other topics, in a wide-ranging speech to President Javier Milei and other dignitaries Nov. 8, the pope’s first day in Argentina.
11/9/26
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Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at Uruguay’s most prominent Marian shrine Nov. 8, where he paid tribute to women’s role in transmitting the Catholic faith and urged them to continue doing so despite secular trends.
11/9/26
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Youth Apostles is holding its seventh annual pro-life multimedia contest for students to share their pro-life values through art and creativity.
11/8/26
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Students in the Options Program at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly attended a day retreat at the San Damiano Retreat Center in White Post Oct. 19, in what organizers believe to be the first retreat of its kind in the diocese.
11/5/26
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Saints and spirits are still roaming the tombstones at Saints in the Cemetery at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Winchester.
11/4/26
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Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington was recently recognized as one of the best private schools in Virginia by Niche, a national college and school search platform.
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During his general audience, the last before his trip to South America Nov. 6-17, Pope Leo XIV pointed to the “threat to world peace” posed by the imbalances of an unjust economic system.
11/4/26
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Continuing a tradition begun by St. John Paul II in the late 1970s, Pope Leo XIV visited a cemetery outside the Vatican Nov. 2 — the day the Catholic Church commemorates All Souls’ Day — to celebrate Mass and pray for those who have died.
11/2/26
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Pope Leo XIV said that holiness is a calling for everyone, not an achievement reserved for a select group, as he reflected on the Solemnity of All Saints during his Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square Nov. 1.
11/2/26
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Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in Catholic Church history to cast a ballot in a U.S. election, the Vatican confirmed Oct. 30.
10/30/26
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The Museum of the Bible in Washington recently opened a new exhibit on Blessed Stanley Rother, an Oklahoma priest who served as a missionary in Guatemala, helped translate the New Testament into Tz'utujil and was martyred for his faith.
11/2/26
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Fun, adventure and laughs are around the corner as high school students gear up for their fall productions.
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