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By Cindy Wooden
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis introduced himself to President Barack Obama and all people of the United States as a “son of an immigrant family” arriving in the United States for the first time to learn from others and to share from his own experience. In a country the pope said he knows was “largely built” […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was born from a challenge. In 1830, Frédéric Ozanam, a Catholic law student at the University of Paris, joined a student discussion group – the Conference of History. The group met on Saturdays to exchange ideas on a variety of subjects, including religion. One day during a particularly […]
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GAINESVILLE ST. KATHARINE DREXEL [photo] Fr. Christopher D. Murphy, pastor of St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Middleburg (above), speaks to the Prince William County Planning Commission (at right) Sept. 16. The concept plan for the new church (below) was shown at the meeting. The Prince William County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a […]
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By Dave Borowski
Millions of young pilgrims will converge on Krakow, Poland, July 24 through Aug. 1, 2016 to take part in the 15th International World Youth Day. More than 150 of those young people will be from the Arlington Diocese. World Youth Day was started by St. John Paul II in 1986 in Rome. The last WYD […]
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By Ann M. Augherton
People making the trek to see Pope Francis, either in Washington, New York or Philadelphia, all will have stories about how they got there with street closures, public transit issues and the size of the crowds. For 22 people participating in the Pilgrimage of Love and Mercy, they are hoofing it from the Basilica of […]
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By Mary Stachyra Lopez
As Robby Renner sees it, there couldn’t have been a more symbolic way to start off the school year at The University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg than “literally following Christ” in a Eucharistic procession around campus. The senior geography major was part of a group of students that organized the procession and all-night adoration […]
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The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington will be filled with more than 25,000 people later this afternoon for the papal Mass during which Blessed Junipero Serra will be canonized.
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By Reviewed David Gibson
His duel with Satan one morning in 1982 “felt like ‘a biblical scene,'” St. John Paul II later “would tell a top aide.” In The Vatican Prophecies: Investigating Supernatural Signs, Apparitions and Miracles in the Modern Age, John Thavis describes what happened that morning when a bishop and parish priest brought a woman named Francesca, […]
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By Maggie Cornejo and Matt Brown
A team of students and teachers from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax boarded a plane to Bánica, Dominican Republic, in June on a mission to serve others. Two mission teams comprised of 25 students each were joined by faculty and parent chaperones to dig holes for latrines, lay cement floors and participate in […]
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By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Pope Francis will canonize Blessed Junipero Serra during a Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Sept. 23. Before the Mass, the pope will greet approximately 3,600 seminarians and women novices from religious orders inside the church. He will then celebrate Mass in Spanish. The canonization Mass for Blessed […]
