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Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — As has been his practice since becoming pope in 2013, Pope Francis will take most of the month of July off as a sort of “staycation.” “From July 1 and until the end of the month, as usual,” the pope’s “general, particular and special audiences are suspended. The audiences will resume in […]
Movies
By Special To The Catholic Herald
The Library of Congress is hosting its annual “Summer Movies on the Lawn” series featuring films from the library’s National Film Registry on Thursday evenings at sundown on the southeast lawn of the library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, located on 2nd St. SE and Independence Avenue. Music will be presented prior to each film at 7 […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican will establish a new commission to identify and catalogue Christians who have died for their faith in the last 25 years, Pope Francis said. Looking to the Holy Year 2025, the pope instituted the “Commission of New Martyrs” within the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to “create a catalogue […]
Global
By Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis has named Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, his longtime personal theologian and ghostwriter, to lead the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Argentine prelate succeeds Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., 79, who has been prefect of the dicastery since 2017. Archbishop Fernández, almost 61, will take up his new post in the […]
Local
A new Virginia law prevents churches from being treated differently than businesses during a crisis.
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Donations to the annual Peter’s Pence collection, which supports the work of the Roman Curia and funds the charitable activity of the pope, were down in 2022, but the amount of money the fund distributed increased significantly thanks to the proceeds of property sales, the Vatican said. Overall, “in 2022 Peter’s Pence […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Christians are called to be modern-day prophets who guide others to see the Holy Spirit at work in everyday life and not to be superstitious people who try to predict or control the future, Pope Francis said. “A Christian does not believe in superstitions like magic, cards, horoscopes or similar things,” he […]
Local
If it’s summer, it must be planting, weeding and harvesting time in the garden behind Catholic Charities Christ House in Alexandria. Volunteer coordinator Sister of Notre Dame de la Salette Aniliza Juan visited the garden recently to find cucumbers and tomatoes flourishing, while volunteers got to work harvesting herbs, bok choy and lettuces. The garden […]
Columns
By George P. Schwartz
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Columns
By Robert P. Mueller
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