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VATICAN CITY -- An author with a long and close relationship to retired Pope Benedict XVI told a German newspaper that the 93-year-old retired pope is "extremely frail."
In a moving prayer service titled “Requiem for the Black Children of God,” Bishop Michael F. Burbidge called on Catholics to “find the courage to no longer be silent” about racism, but to speak out, and make “the example of our lives reflect reverence for the sacredness of each and every human life.”
Parishioners at Church of the Nativity in Burke contributed 12,584 pounds of food to the St. Lucy Food Project July 24 in what the parish called its biggest food drive of the year.
An anniversary is “not primarily about the past, it’s about the future,” said Msgr. Stanley J. Krempa July 28 in his homily for the Mass celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Sacred Heart of Jesus parish in Winchester.
The key to any good film biography of a scientist is found in the montages that show the discovery or invention that gained the subject fame. On that score, "Radioactive" (Amazon), the story of Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike), the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, does not disappoint.
The Irish goods store in Old Town closes after 50 years of business.
Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or on their own. "Do not leave them by themselves," he said after praying the Angelus with visitors in St. Peter's Square July 26.
The Mass for Admission to Candidacy for Holy Orders marks an important milestone for seminarians preparing for the priesthood. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated the Mass for four seminarians — Emmanuel Carreño-Garcia, James R. Joseph, Kevin C. Kelly II and Sean-Michael V. Nypaver — at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls July 26.
LIVONIA, Mich. (CNS) -- They were teachers. A librarian. A director of religious education. A secretary in the Vatican Secretariat of State. The author of a 586-page history of the congregation.
On earth as it is in heaven
Pay attention to Jesus’ eyes in this Sunday’s Gospel. What does he see? Where does he look?