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By Jim Hale
Fine art wasn’t part of James Erickson’s life growing up in a trailer park on the outskirts of Detroit. His only exposure to art came when he took trips to see his grandmother in Dearborn, Mich. “She had National Geographic magazines on the coffee table that I would flip through, and I remember observing plants […]
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The diocese hosted its annual Youth, Campus and Young Adult Ministries Appreciation Mass and Dinner at St. Joseph Church in Herndon Dec. 10. Following Mass, celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, hundreds of attendees walked to the parish hall for a reception and awards ceremony. “The growth of this event from year to year is […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The "most beautiful gift" the Catholic Church and its members can give the world is a reason to live with hope, Pope Francis said.
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By Jonah McKeown
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a campaign Dec. 9 urging Catholics to contact outgoing President Joe Biden and ask him to commute the death sentences of the 40 men currently on federal death row to life in prison.
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By Anna Donofrio
World War II may be a far-off event in history for some. For Kay Martin Britto, 88, the war forever changed the fabric of her family. Born in 1936, Kay was only 5 when the United States entered the war in 1941. Her family, devoted parishioners of St. James Church in Falls Church, had sent […]
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By Anna Donofrio
The overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 raises a new question for pro-lifers who walk the National March for Life in Washington, according to Kevin Bohli: “What did I accomplish?” “The March for Life can come across as a Catholic reunion downtown,” said Bohli, executive director of the diocesan Office of Youth, Campus and […]
Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — With the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis' schedule of liturgies in December and January has expanded.
National
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Nicholas Mangione’s first business enterprise launched in a modest office on North Avenue in Baltimore in 1950. Commercial Contractors Inc. was so strapped for cash that it had to rely on Mangione’s landlord to answer phones, the prominent Baltimore entrepreneur told the Catholic Review in a 2000 interview. And there were many times when Mangione […]
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By Lucia A. Silecchia
Every year, as Advent and Christmas approach, I seem to have the same conversation with one of my students.
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Leo Alonso, CEO of Porto Charities, visited the diocesan chancery building Nov. 26 to present a $6,000 contribution on behalf of the nonprofit organization to support special religious education efforts or SPRED.
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