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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CUBA – Pope Francis defended his position on the economy, the environment and other social issues as faithful repetitions of the basic Catholic social doctrine. Speaking to reporters flying with him from Cuba to Washington Sept. 22, the pope was asked about comments, mainly from the United States, claiming the […]
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By Ezra Fieser
SANTIAGO, Cuba – Pope Francis ended his trip to Cuba by blessing the city of Santiago de Cuba and telling Cubans to treat family as an “opportunity” rather than a problem. Families are “an opportunity that we must protect and care for,” he said at a meeting with Cuban families at the Cathedral of Our […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Kitty-corner from the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia’s Center City lies Reading Terminal Market, an indoor farmers market that attracts vendors from across the region. Fresh fish, produce and baked goods abound in a space beloved by locals. But on the morning of Sept. 22, the opening day of the World Meeting of Families Congress, […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
There is a place where the drone of traffic turns to the sound of birds and the tops of buildings are replaced by the peaks of the Blue Ridge. It is in Clarke County that the Trappist monks of Holy Cross Abbey have made their home for more than six decades. Time has not dulled […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Pilgrims visiting the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington soon will be welcomed by the beautiful new Redemptor Hominis Chapel. Cradled in the heart of the shrine, the chapel will feature a magnificent display of mosaic sacred art. World renowned mosaicist, Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik was commissioned by the Knights of Columbus to […]
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Timothy O’Donnell, president of Christendom College in Front Royal, will speak during the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia Sept. 22-27. O’Donnell will speak in the session, “Rebuild My Church and Start from the Foundation: Living as ‘Domestic Church,'” Sept. 23. He will chair another breakout session, “Ahead of Its Time: The Prophetic Character of […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
HAVANA — Although it was not part of his formal program, Pope Francis took time after Sunday Mass to visit Cuba’s ailing former leader, Fidel Castro. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said that after the Mass Sept. 20 in Havana’s Revolution Square, Pope Francis was driven to the ailing 89-year-old’s residence for the meeting, […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
HAVANA – As Cubans finally face the prospects of calmer relationships and greater ease of communication and commerce with the United States, Pope Francis told the Cuban people that love and service, not anyone’s ideology, are the keys to their happiness. “We do not serve ideas, we serve people,” the pope told hundreds of thousands […]
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By Cindy Wooden
HOLGUIN, Cuba – Celebrating the feast of St. Matthew, a day he considers a turning point in his own journey of faith, Pope Francis told thousands of Cubans that Jesus knows who they really are and calls them to walk with him. Arriving in the eastern city of Holguin from Havana Sept. 21, the pope […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Missionhurst Father Leo J. Zonneveld, who retired from active service in the Arlington Diocese in 2012 after serving as pastor of Precious Blood Church in Culpeper for more than 32 years, died Sept. 19 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. He was 81. A viewing will be held at Precious Blood Church, 114 E. Edmonson […]
