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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis named a bioethics expert and a seasoned canon lawyer, both women, as undersecretaries of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.   The appointments of Gabriella Gambino, a bioethics professor at Rome’s Tor Vergata University, and Linda Ghisoni, a judge on the regional tribunal of the Diocese of Rome, […]

Columbus Circle in front of Union Station in Washington filled Nov. 6 with more than 1,400 people holding signs reading, “End mass incarceration,” “Pass a clean Dream Act,” “Immigrants are welcome here,” and “Families have no borders.”  

Matthew D. Shank has announced plans to step down after seven years as president of Marymount University in Arlington, effective June 30, 2018. “I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to serve Marymount University,” said Shank. “It has been a joy to work with so many intelligent, passionate and genuinely caring faculty, staff, students and […]

A new club, the Frassati Society, recently began at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria. It has captured a lot of attention from students and faculty. This club is like no other club at Ireton, because the members not only discuss faith and how God is in creation all around them, but get to experience it firsthand through outings and field trips. 

The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of the Diocese of Arlington, stands in solidarity with his brother bishops of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in expressing deep regret and sorrow for those killed in the church shooting in Texas last night, as well as for those injured. Soon after hearing the news of the shooting, Bishop Burbidge tweeted, “May we be united in our prayers for the victims of the shooting in Texas church and for the end of all horrific violence in our world.”  

The U.S. Catholic Church stands "in unity" with the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and the larger community after a shooting during Sunday services took the lives of at least 25 people and injured several more.

Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax defeated Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria 17-7.

Sophomore Cady Hyde finished first with a time of 19:28 leading the varsity girls of St. John’s College High School in Washington to the team title in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference cross country championship Oct. 28 at Bull Run Park in Centreville.

A healthy dose of humor keeps this sweeping Marvel Comics adaptation -- the second sequel to the 2011 original -- on the boil, although it still registers as overlong.br />

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