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By Jim Hale
Gina Masterson was confident in teaching French to college students. But when the George Mason University adjunct professor volunteered to help with the Catholic women’s ministry at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center in 2014, she was humbled. Sometimes no one would show up. “I thought, we have to make some changes,” said Masterson. “Volunteers […]
Global
By Diego López Colín
At 103 years of age, Mexican Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra is a living witness to the history of the Catholic Church. He is the world’s oldest bishop, still celebrates the Eucharist, and is one of only four surviving bishops who participated in the Second Vatican Council.
National
By Tyler Arnold
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has made what it is calling the “difficult decision” to not renew cooperative agreements with the federal government amid policy changes from President Donald Trump’s administration to cut funding from refugee programs.
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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Mass April 7 for Catholic Charities directors from around the country in the chapel of Catholic Charities USA’s Alexandria headquarters.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis continues his recovery at the Vatican, he is very slowly beginning to get back to his old routine of meeting with top Vatican officials, the Vatican press office said.
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By Anna Donofrio
Today, the United States still endures the spiritual wound of racism, said director David Michael Warren to a packed movie theater March 30. “So, if we want to end racism, if we want to end prejudice, if we want to end injustice … run to the Eucharist.” Warren directed and released his 2022 film, “A […]
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By Anna Donofrio
What would it be like to see Jesus, to witness the original Palm Sunday? Three diocesan women — May Respicio of the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Laura Voyatzis of St. James Church in Falls Church and Judy Best of the Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria — had the opportunity to do […]
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By Anna Donofrio
A field trip to the Baltimore Science Center turned into a water rescue mission for one class from St. Agnes School in Arlington. T. J. O’Leary, a science teacher at St. Agnes, didn’t think twice before he dove in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to save a floundering father and son April 3.
National
By Madalaine Elhabbal
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA celebrated the opening of its brand-new advocacy office on Capitol Hill April 4.
Global
By Justin McLellan
ROME — Just outside the walls of the Vatican, the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" blared through speakers as health care workers tapped out chest compressions to the beat.
