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NEW YORK  — The PBS series "In Their Own Words" offers a biographical sketch of the current pontiff and an overview of his pontificate with the episode "Pope Francis."

The Catholic Herald’s discussion of Virginia’s new transgender student policies in its article on the Equality Act was timely. Short of success in court to stop this, school boards across the state will begin adopting policies consistent with that coming out of Richmond by the 2021-22 school year.

VATICAN CITY — Condemning the "heinous assassination" of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, Pope Francis urged the people of Haiti to shun violence and make a commitment to dialogue and solidarity as the path to a better future.

The partial collapse of a high-rise condominium building in Surfside, Fla., recently “brings so much sadness,” yet is also an opportunity to respond with prayer and spreading the Catholic faith, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said on his “a href="https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/walk-humbly-podcast/the-walk-humbly-podcast---episode-75/">Walk Humbly Podcast/a>” July 7.

VATICAN CITY — The organization of the universal Catholic Church has a precise hierarchy, but there is no such thing as a "vice pope," who steps in when the reigning pontiff is traveling abroad, ill or under anesthesia. 

VATICAN CITY — Seafarers kept products moving globally during the coronavirus pandemic, but too many of them have no access to vaccines, have been stranded on ships and often face the danger of piracy, the Vatican said.