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Thanksgiving ought to be celebrated as a religious holiday. Consider our English history. The first official Thanksgiving Day observance occurred in Virginia. Thirty-eight English settlers arrived at Berkely Plantation on the James River near present Charles City Dec. 4, 1619. The settlement's charter required that the day of arrival be commemorated as a day of thanksgiving to God.
Good Shepherd Church in Alexandria was awarded the 2019 Good Shepherd Housing philanthropy award by Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services, an organization originally founded by parishioners of the church and now an independent non-profit, Nov. 9. The church and organization have partnered for more than 40 years to offer permanent housing and emergency assistance along the Route 1 corridor.
Pope Francis has named Msgr. Robert J. McClory, rector of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Mich., to head the Diocese of Gary, Ind.
Pope Francis spent his last morning in Japan at the Jesuit-run Sophia University, celebrating Mass with his Jesuit confreres, visiting aged members of the Jesuit community and addressing students and staff.
A chalice from a Catholic parish in Qaraqosh, in the Nineveh Plains of Iraq, scarred by bullets from Islamic State militants, was a mute witness at a vespers service for Christian martyrs.
Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport is the new chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services following his appointment by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Beauty, creation and each human life are gifts of God to be treasured and shared, not enslaved to current societal ideas of what is valuable, perfect or productive, Pope Francis said at a Mass in the famous Tokyo Dome.
Saying it is "perverse" to think the threat of nuclear weapons makes the world safer, Pope Francis urged a renewed commitment to disarmament and to the international treaties designed to limit or eliminate nuclear weapons.
The Fall River Diocese has announced that an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor made against Father Michael F. Kuhn, Y.A., has been found to be unsubstantiated.
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Gospel commentary: First Sunday of Advent calls us to ‘stay awake’
We would be mistaken simply to equate Advent with Christmas preparation. The season calls us to much more, and to recognize further-reaching spiritual realities.