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Bishop’s Homily Feb. 9 The following homily was given by Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge at the Virginia Vespers service at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond. “There is cause for rejoicing here. You may for a time have to suffer the distress of many trials; but this is so that your faith, […]
The Virginia Senate narrowly approved a bill Feb. 13 that would allow home-schooled students across the commonwealth to play high school sports. HB 1578, commonly known as the “Tebow Bill,” would eliminate a statewide ban prohibiting home-schooled students from participating in high school athletics and other interscholastic activities. The Senate voted 22-18 in favor of […]

“Dead Man Walking,” an opera based on Sister Helen Prejean’s book of the same name, will give attendees the opportunity to see the effect of the death penalty on a certain subset of people, according to Michael Solomon, senior press representative for the Washington National Opera. 

“Time to Respect Life” was the theme of the 18th annual Youth Apostles Institute pro-life poster contest, with 626 youths participating. The contest provides youths an opportunity to use their artistic abilities to express their pro-life values.

A massive donation of Ethiopian religious manuscripts to Catholic University in Washington makes the school one of the largest holders of such texts outside Ethiopia. 

OXNARD, Calif. — On a Saturday afternoon in July in 2015, a torrential rain came down on an outdoor wedding at a stylish venue north of Los Angeles. When the soggy wedding party and their guests tried to move the reception to an indoor structure on-site, they were told they couldn’t because the “inside venue” […]
WASHINGTON — Finances, child rearing and career decisions are issues all husbands and wives will likely face at some point. But military couples can add long separations, frequent relocations and the absence of extended family close by to that list. And that’s where the church — through the sacraments, clergy, catechetical outreach and parish life […]

In the effort to promote Catholic marriages, which have been on the decline in recent years, some U.S. parishes are making conscious efforts to reach out not only to engaged couples but to a much younger audience — children and youths — about the church's teaching on marriage.

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