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By Elizabeth Foss
I heard that a woman had been kidnapped and murdered while out running at 4:30 in the morning, and then I heard the person reporting such news ask why in the world she’d be out running that early. Admittedly, I thought to myself, “What an absolutely ignorant question.” Without knowing anything at all about the […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
In mid-November the American bishops, gathered in general assembly, will choose a successor to Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles to serve a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. A new vice president and chairmen of several conference committees also will be elected during the meeting. Except by the bishops […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The death penalty is an affront to human dignity that offers no solace to victims and denies the possibility for conversion of those who commit serious crimes, Pope Francis said. The growing calls around the world for an end to capital punishment are “a sign of hope” for the church, the pope […]
Columns
By David Hickson
As a FOCUS missionary with my wife and children here in Germany, witnessing the confusion in the church and the intensifying attack on faith and morals, I have found strength and steadiness in the fundamental truth that I learned as a young man growing up in the Arlington diocese. I have learned to rest my […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Vatican News reported. While the Vatican press office issued no statement regarding Cardinal Parolin’s Sept. 22 meeting, the Russian foreign ministry tweeted a video of the two […]
Global
By Michael Kelly
DUBLIN —More people in Northern Ireland now identify as Catholic than Protestant for the first time in the history of the jurisdiction, new census figures reveal. The data has led to calls for a referendum for voters to decide whether to remain part of Britain or join with the rest of Ireland and form a […]
Global
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON — South Korean Catholic leaders will be part of a 40-member delegation that will meet with U.S. bishops and government representatives in early October to explore ways to build closer relations with North Korea. The Oct. 5-6 peace conference at The Catholic University of America is the sixth in an annual series and the […]
National
By Richard Szczepanowski
WASHINGTON — Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington joined Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Sept. 21 for an ecumenical prayer service to remember those who have been killed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to renew calls for peace for that war-ravaged nation. Archbishop Gudziak prayed that God would “in […]
Local
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blessed a new office Sept. 20 in Woodbridge, where diocesan Catholic Charities’ staff and volunteers can welcome and assist refugees and other newcomers to northern Virginia. Bishop Burbidge led a prayer service and then blessed the new Migration and Refugee Services office at 13000 Harbor Center Dr. Suite 100 during an […]
Local
By Nicholas Munson
In late August of last year, Muzhgan Yarmohammadi was fleeing her native Afghanistan and everything she knew as the country collapsed into the hands of the Taliban after the U.S. withdrew troops following decades of conflict. With uncertainty clouding her future, she and her family spent several months transitioning from place to place as refugees […]
