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Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore will present the Peacemaker of the Year Award to Father Gerry Creedon, pastor of Holy Family Church in Dale City, at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 3304 Washington Blvd., Arlington, Nov. 14. The event will begin with the Vigil Mass at 5 p.m. followed by a dinner in Benedict Hall. Father Creedon […]
National
By Meinrad Scherer-emunds
RAY CITY, Ga. – The construction of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Ray City, scheduled to be dedicated in March, is a dream come true for Catholics in this area of southern Georgia near Valdosta in the Savannah Diocese. Retired Savannah Bishop J. Kevin Boland said, “What you see happening in Lakeland and in […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
A little-known knob in the tree of Virginia history lies at the end of a dirt road in Aquia. Neighboring St. William of York Church in Stafford and flanked by wooded swampland, the Brent Family Cemetery dates back to 1686, when King James II of England granted George Brent a swath of 30,000 acres nestled […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
Amidst all the Sturm und Drang of Synod 2015, something genuinely new in the life of the church began, and it shouldn’t escape our notice. For the first time in two millennia, an entry in the liturgical books will now read, on the appropriate day, “Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, spouses” – a happy addition […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
When three Brazilian fishermen found a statue of the black Virgin in 1717, the figurine was later believed responsible for literally casting the chains off of a local slave and freeing him. Nearly two centuries after the miracle of Our Lady of Aparecida was reported, the Golden Law of 1888 abolished slavery in Brazil. Today, […]
National
By Diane Xavier
AVE MARIA, Fla. – Valeria Tkacik is a standout lacrosse player for Ave Maria University in Florida. By all accounts, she is a leader on and off the field. Tkacik was named to the National Women’s Lacrosse League South Regional Team and is considered a talented athlete who loves playing lacrosse, basketball, golf, track, soccer […]
Local
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Rays of the sunrise broke through the trees as a half-dozen men carefully lifted a heavy glass and gold casket over their heads outside St. Veronica Church in Chantilly Oct. 22. Inside the casket, slowly lowered from a large van, were the relics of 11-year-old St. Maria Goretti, covered with a waxen mask and resting serenely on a red velvet pillow.
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – While not specifically mentioning the controversial proposal of a path toward full reconciliation and Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried, members of the Synod of Bishops on the family handed Pope Francis a report emphasizing an obligation to recognize that not all Catholics in such a situation bear the same amount […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and witnesses in a congressional committee hearing room Oct. 20 were not shown pictures of the vast number of refugees crossing East European borders each day. But there is no shortage of images from daily news reports of the throngs of men, women and children walking along streets, open fields and train […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – While they did not grab headlines, the elderly and people with disabilities, openness to life and the plight of migrants and refugees were also on the agenda of the Synod of Bishops on the family. The synod’s final report, which was approved Oct. 24, addressed the pastoral needs of those who are […]
