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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's consideration of spiritual advisers praying aloud with death-row inmates or placing hands on them in prayer during executions faced an uphill battle Nov. 9 as some of the justices questioned if this would open up other requests or could impose a safety risk.
One year after his beatification on the path to sainthood, Blessed Michael J. McGivney’s likeness is a new source of faith and inspiration for Catholics at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls.
VATICAN CITY — Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six other candidates for sainthood finally will be canonized May 15, 2022, the Vatican announced Nov. 9.
The Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington was filled with soulful Christian hymns and stories of famous Black Catholics during a Nov. 5 prayer service, entitled “Celebrating the Diversity of the Communion of Saints: Black Catholics on the Pathway to Sainthood.”
VATICAN CITY —Pope Francis plans to prepare for his celebration of the World Day of the Poor by meeting with and listening to some 500 poor people making a pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy, Nov. 12.
VATICAN CITY — A period of crisis in a marriage is frightening and painful, but it also can be an opportunity for growth, especially if the couple receives the support of others who have survived similar crises, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY — Christians must strive for a sincere faith that seeks to serve others rather than to exploit the weakest for personal gain, Pope Francis said.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated a festive bilingual Mass for the 75th anniversary of Precious Blood Church in Culpeper Nov. 7. “All of the Diocese of Arlington is united in prayer with you,” as “this vibrant, faith-filled parish continues to build up the body of Christ,” he said.
Director and co-writer Chloé Zhao's big but empty Marvel Comics adaptation follows an ensemble of alien superheroes (most prominently Gemma Chan and Richard Madden) dispatched to Earth by a higher power (voice of David Kaye) thousands of years ago to protect humans from marauding monsters.
LOS ANGELES — The Catholic Church must proclaim Jesus Christ "boldly" and "creatively" in the face of new secular movements that promote "social justice," "wokeness" and "intersectionality," among other beliefs, as the answer to all of society's ills, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Nov. 4.
