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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Holiness is a gift everyone receives with baptism, and it is a journey to be made together with the help of the saints in heaven, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints. The saints “are our elder brothers and sisters, on whom we can always count,” he said before reciting […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — As leaders of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem prepared to meet in Rome, the explosion of violence between Israel and Hamas highlighted the importance of their prayers and their material support for local Christians, leaders of the order said. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, grand master of the order and […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis regularly asks people to pray for him, and in October he jokingly told a group of nuns why: “This job is not easy; in fact, it’s a bit bothersome.” But since the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, formerly known as the Apostleship of Prayer, has asked Catholics across the globe to […]
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Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointment: Reverend Ramon Dominguez, YA — from ministry at The Don Bosco Center in Manassas to Interim Chaplain at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, with residence at Corpus Christi Parish in Aldie, effective November 13, 2023.
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A full Gospel choir with piano accompaniment and “Amens” from the congregation reverberated through St. Joseph Church in Alexandria for Mass in Celebration of Respect Life Month Oct. 29. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge was principal celebrant and homilist at the historically Black Catholic church, assisted by Josephite Father Donald M. Fest, pastor, and Deacon Albert […]
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By Courtney Mares
The Vatican released the Synod on Synodality’s “synthesis report” Oct. 28 outlining key proposals discussed during the nearly monthlong assembly’s confidential conversations. The highly anticipated text was approved paragraph by paragraph by a vote of 344 synod delegates, which for the first time included women and other non-bishops as voting members. The document, the synthesis […]
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Father Lee W. Gross, 78, longtime professor at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., died Oct. 27, one day shy of his 79th birthday. Father Gross was born Oct. 28, 1944, in Rapid City, S.D., and spent most of his childhood in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Hempfield High School in Landisville, Pa., in 1962, […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The day after Pope Francis called for a cease-fire in the Holy Land, his foreign minister spoke by phone with the foreign minister of Iran, “reiterating the absolute need to avoid escalating the conflict,” the Vatican press office said. Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister […]
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will celebrate a memorial Mass Nov. 3 for Pope Benedict XVI and cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year. The Mass will take place at the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica at 11 a.m., the Vatican announced. Pope Benedict died Dec. 31 at the age of […]
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