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By Melissa Vida
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — On the Mexican side of the wall separating El Paso from its sister city of Juarez, two small children play in the midst of garbage. The 18-foot-high rusty metal fence cuts through a dry landscape of sand and waste. Near where the children are, an abandoned Mexican customs’ office testifies to […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will celebrate the Catholic Church’s first World Day of the Poor Nov. 19 by celebrating a morning Mass with people in need and those who assist them. After Mass, he will offer lunch to 500 people in the Vatican audience hall. As the Year of Mercy was ending in […]
Columns
By Ann M. Augherton
So what happened when the pope said he wanted to focus on the world’s poor? He decided one day each year should be set aside to encourage all of us to “Love not in word, but in deed?”
That day, Nov. 19, will be the inaugural World Day of the Poor.
National
By Carol Zimmermann
BALTIMORE — At the start of their annual fall assembly in Baltimore Nov. 13, U.S. Catholic bishops faced some big issues — immigration and racism — straight on and zeroed in on how to raise the national level of discussion on these topics starting in the church pews. They acknowledged the current polarization in […]
Schools
By Ian Alvano
Students from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington took on the world in early October. Two groups of O’Connell students traveled to Europe as part of a nine-day exchange program. One group went to Reims, France, and the other to Barcelona, Spain. The students departed together from Dulles Airport on a direct flight to France. […]
Local
By Ann M. Augherton
Shoeboxes were piled high on tables in St. Ann’s parish center in Arlington Nov. 12 surrounded by a flurry of activity. It was a packing party for Cross Catholic Outreach’s “Box of Joy” program and the boxes — some the official white cardboard printed with a red ribbon, some clear plastic boxes, and others with […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
After 60 years as a flight attendant, parishioner Bette Nash’s employer made a sizable donation on her behalf.
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Ask anyone what comes to mind when they think of Pope Francis, and most will point to his love for the poor. This concern for the least among us has been one of the hallmarks of his pontificate. It should come as no surprise, then, that he has dedicated Nov. 19, 2017, as the first […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
She sits with shoulders slumped and looks at me, eyes bright with tears. After growing up in the church and marrying in the church and promising to raise her child in the church, she’s finished with the church. Actually, she says, she’s finished with God. She grew up believing that God was good and the […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
By the time you read this, All Saints Day will have come and gone. But, just to extend the feast a few more days, I want to share the story of something that happened to me recently — something that helped give me a fuller understanding of what we’re celebrating, and what we as Catholics believe about the Communion of Saints.
