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The Diocese of Arlington was notified by the news media on December 28, 2021, that Father Terry Specht was indicted by a Fairfax County Grand Jury on charges related to alleged sexual abuse of a minor. Father Specht served as a priest in the Diocese of Arlington from 1996 to 2012 and as director of the Diocese’s Office of Child Protection from 2004 to 2011. He has not been serving in priestly ministry since 2012.
Every year, schools typically create a yearbook. A yearbook is both a memory book and a history book containing a summary in photos and stories of what made that year unique.
MIAMI — If you go to Christmas Mass on Saturday, do you still have to go to Sunday Mass the next day? Is Jan. 1, the solemnity of Mary, a holy day of obligation this year?
Another Christmas Day is ready to dawn. Then we will joyfully commemorate the salvific birth of Jesus Christ, the redeemer awaited throughout the long ages.
When I was a child, the first thing we brought down from the attic to start decorating for Christmas was the very heavy, very old Nativity scene. It was a beige, plaster cave-like stable about 2 feet tall and about a foot and a half wide. It was carved and had gold paint on the raised features and the thatched roof. Inside there were bump-outs for haystacks along the rough walls.
NEW YORK — Anyone who has followed the pontificate of Pope Francis will know that he consistently encourages the young to learn from their elders and to remember their roots.
VATICAN CITY — With the celebration of Christmas just around the corner, Christians should look for ways to share the joy of Jesus' birth rather than draw up a laundry list of complaints, Pope Francis said.
CARLTON, Ore. — It's not the North Pole, and the workers aren't elves, but the woodshop at Blanchet Farm in Carlton does produce joy and goodwill.
