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By Jim Hale
Traces of the New York accent remain, but don’t be deceived. Father Thomas P. Ferguson, pastor of Good Shepherd Church in Alexandria, is a true Arlington diocese man. “If you’re looking for somebody to talk about World Mission Sunday, I am not your man,” joked Father Ferguson, whose family moved from Queens, N.Y., to Mount […]
Local
By Jim Hale
Amid the snarl of traffic and subdivisions, the future home of Our Lady of La Vang Mission in Chantilly is a vivid contrast. Located at the corner of Pleasant Valley Road and Herndon Avenue in Chantilly, the property resembles a nature preserve with lush forests, populated by wild turkeys. “It’s a beautiful piece of property,” […]
Local
Rome is a popular destination this Jubilee Year, but don’t dismay if you can’t get there in the next six months.
National
By Fiona Murphy
In the Archdiocese of New York, where ordinations to the priesthood have sharply declined in recent decades, a new initiative is seeking to rekindle vocations. Launched this spring, “Called By Name” is the archdiocese’s latest attempt to spark interest in the priesthood.
Art
By Nora Hamerman
The election of Leo XIV to the papacy has put an unexpected spotlight on one of the most unusual treasures of Catholic religious art in the greater Washington area.
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
As I write this, I am keeping company with a Mama Robin on our backyard balcony, so I’m treading lightly. Tapping not pounding the keyboard. Sliding not slamming the door. Basking in the breeze.
Pope Leo XIV
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for June, a month devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is "that the world might grow in compassion."
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — In a tribute to Pope Francis and his message of hope for the Jubilee Year, elite cyclists rode through Vatican City and its gardens before starting the last stage of the Giro d'Italia in Rome.
Pope Leo XIV
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Families are the cradle of the future of humanity, Pope Leo XIV said during a Mass concluding the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. “Today’s world needs the marriage covenant in order to know and accept God’s love and to defeat, thanks to its unifying and reconciling power, the forces […]
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