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By Zoey Maraist
This year, some 290 people were baptized at Easter Vigil Masses around the diocese. For these new Catholics, faith is a family affair.
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By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
With Holy Week and Easter Sunday behind us, we wonder if, after Lent, we can continue some of our spiritual practices that we found so helpful. Yes!
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By Jim Hale
On day 83 of his 3,500-mile, 100-day run across America, Jonathan Kuplack looked fresh. Two hours after completing a 35-mile mountainous slog through wind and rain, the 36-year-old Kuplack stood before a crowd of 150 at Reitano Vineyards in Front Royal to talk about helping young men flourish through adventure, brotherhood, physical challenge, and prayer. […]
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By Jim Hale
Going on pilgrimage often conjures images of the Holy Land and other far-flung destinations. But when Brian Rademacher learned that eight churches in the Arlington diocese had been designated official Jubilee Holy Year sites, he was all in.
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The Associates of St. John Bosco is accepting applications from local Catholic Campus Ministries through May 1 for its Renewal through Innovative Student Evangelization, or RISE, Awards. Through the inaugural RISE Awards, the Springfield-based, Catholic non-profit will award up to $25,000 to as many as three Catholic Campus Ministries in Washington, Maryland, and Virginia that […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — In the first nine hours that Pope Francis’ body had lain in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, more than 19,000 people stood in line for hours in the sun to pray and pay homage to him. The doors of the basilica opened to the public a little after 11 a.m. local time […]
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By Diana Sims Snider
Tim Anderson spent decades as a “road warrior,” driving up Interstate 95 to his “beige cubicle” where he worked as a defense contractor.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
ROME — In Pope Francis' last formal interview before he died, he shared the one lifelong regret he had never forgiven himself for: lying to avoid seeing an old family acquaintance because he was too busy.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — To the chanting of Christ's promise, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live," the mortal remains of Pope Francis were carried into St. Peter's Basilica by 14 pallbearers.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis' final moments were peaceful, and he managed to give one last farewell to his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, before slipping into a coma early April 21, Vatican News reported.
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