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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis continues his recovery at the Vatican, he is very slowly beginning to get back to his old routine of meeting with top Vatican officials, the Vatican press office said.
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By Anna Donofrio
Today, the United States still endures the spiritual wound of racism, said director David Michael Warren to a packed movie theater March 30. “So, if we want to end racism, if we want to end prejudice, if we want to end injustice … run to the Eucharist.” Warren directed and released his 2022 film, “A […]
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By Anna Donofrio
What would it be like to see Jesus, to witness the original Palm Sunday? Three diocesan women — May Respicio of the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Laura Voyatzis of St. James Church in Falls Church and Judy Best of the Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria — had the opportunity to do […]
Local
By Anna Donofrio
A field trip to the Baltimore Science Center turned into a water rescue mission for one class from St. Agnes School in Arlington. T. J. O’Leary, a science teacher at St. Agnes, didn’t think twice before he dove in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to save a floundering father and son April 3.
National
By Madalaine Elhabbal
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA celebrated the opening of its brand-new advocacy office on Capitol Hill April 4.
Global
By Justin McLellan
ROME — Just outside the walls of the Vatican, the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" blared through speakers as health care workers tapped out chest compressions to the beat.
Local
The St. Paul VI Catholic High School community is mourning the drowning death of Paul VI alumnus Danny Sumner, 37, and his son, Donovan, 6, who were on a fishing trip in Spotsylvania County March 22.
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — With thousands of infirmed people and those who care for them gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair and wearing a nasal cannula, made an unexpected appearance to greet the crowd.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church is a new and reconciled humanity thanks to the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is the source of communion, harmony, and fraternity, Pope Francis wrote.
Columns
By Fr. Steven Oetjen
Jn 8:1–11 Jesus looks up at the crowd who wants to stone the woman caught in adultery, and he says, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” The word for sin in the Bible (“hamartia” in Greek) comes from archery, and it means “to […]
