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The pain of the victims and their families is also our pain, and so it is urgent that we once more reaffirm our commitment to ensure the protection of minors and of vulnerable adults.
"No effort must be spared" to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and "to prevent the possibility of their being covered up," Pope Francis said in a letter addressed "to the people of God."
Forty-six Arlington seminarians fanned out across the diocese from June 11 to Aug. 12 for their equivalent of summer internships: assisting pastors in the day-to-day operations of parishes. They loved it.
O’Faolains Irish restaurant and pub in Sterling is the newest location offering Theology on Tap on the second Tuesday of each month. The Office of Youth, Campus, and Young Adult Ministries partnered with nearby parishes to start the Sterling location.
In the wake of a grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in six dioceses in Pennsylvania, a Vatican spokesman called the abuses described in the report as being "criminal and morally reprehensible."
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Aug. 16 announced three key goals and a comprehensive plan to address the "moral catastrophe" of the new abuse scandal hitting the U.S. church.
The church sits on a hill to the north of the town, which has been almost entirely condemned as a result of underground mine fires that have undermined the stability of the ground.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said there are moments in life when we need God’s reassurance and consolation more than ever.
Mary's assumption into heaven was a special sign of God's favor, but it also indicates God's desire to save all people, body and soul, Pope Francis said.
In reviewing information recently published by the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., regarding clergy and seminarians of that diocese who had been the subject of allegations of sexual abuse of children, the Diocese of Arlington has learned that one of the priests named – Father Anthony J. McGinley – worked as a professor and chaplain at Marymount University in Arlington from 1973 to 1982. Father McGinley died in 2006.br />
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