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“Screen on the Green” offers socially distanced date night to 230 people in Annandale.br />br />
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty joined other faith groups Oct. 5 in urging Congress to allocate more funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which assists houses of worship and other nonprofit organizations.
BERLIN -- Early 20th century-era Catholic leader Erich Klausener holds a special place in the hearts and minds of Berlin's Catholics.
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, which begins its new term Oct. 5, will be hearing oral arguments by teleconference, just as it did at the end of the last term, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON -- In his new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," Pope Francis reminds the faithful that "God’s plan for humanity has implications for every aspect of our lives," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Bishop Burbidge celebrated the Chrism Mass Oct. 5 after it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. br />br />
Across the diocese, schools and parishes hosted socially distanced pet blessings this weekend in honor of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi Oct. 4.
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis tackled several issues in his new encyclical, but the section devoted to ending capital punishment was particularly cheered by U.S. Catholics who oppose the death penalty.
NEW YORK -- "The family that prays together stays together." Although he popularized rather than originated that pithy saying, the sentence aptly sums up the message of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton (1909-1992), who advocated it both tirelessly and with great success.
SYDNEY -- Tracey Rowland, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, has won the Ratzinger Prize for theology, often described as the field's equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize.


