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By Zoey Maraist
Bishop Burbidge concelebrated the ordination Mass of Deacon Nicholas J. Schierer.
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By David Agren
MEXICO CITY — Members of a Catholic youth group were shot at and robbed as they transported earthquake relief to southern Mexico, leaving two volunteers hospitalized. Another volunteer was sexually assaulted. The youths belonged to the Catholic foundation Papa Francisco Pro Felicitas A.C. The attack occurred Sept. 26, said a statement from the Archdiocese of […]
National
By Julie Asher
WASHINGTON — Our Lady of Fatima’s message about prayer, conversion and peace that she imparted to three shepherd children in a field in Portugal “is as important now as it has ever been since” she appeared a century ago, a Connecticut bishop told Massgoers Sept. 23 in Washington. “We come here to ask for […]
Art
By Nora Hamerman
A 28-foot-tall altarpiece, loaned for the first time ever from a Mexican cathedral, towers in the atrium of the Lehman Wing of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visitors can savor the details of the dramatic story of Moses and Brazen Serpent on the lower story and then view the luminous Transfiguration in the upper.
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — Catholic Charities USA has sent $1 million in emergency aid to Caritas Puerto Rico, the Catholic Charities agency on the island, and the Knights of Columbus is including Puerto Rico in its expanded emergency relief outreach to areas hit hard by recent natural disasters. When Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico […]
Local
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Catholic young adults don’t always meet in a church. Sometimes they meet at a polo match.
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By Special To The Catholic Herald
Three authors will discuss and sign their books at St. Philip Church, 7500 St. Philips Court, Falls Church, Sept. 30 as part of the church’s annual parish festival. Father Thomas Cavanaugh, parochial vicar at Our Lady of Angels Parish in Woodbridge and a passionate evangelist, has co-authored a book with Dr. John Love of […]
Columns
By Greg Erlandson
Would it surprise you to know that most Catholic parishioners are quite happy with their parishes? A whopping 92 percent rate their satisfaction with their parish as good or excellent. Would it also surprise you to know that Mass attendance is down by 50 percent from the 1960s? These are but two of the […]
Local
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
In more than 1,500 communities, including several in the Diocese of Arlington, people will come together for the 30th annual Life Chain Oct. 1.
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