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By Lucia A. Silecchia
Recently, I enjoyed one of my favorite rites of autumn — the search for perfect pumpkins for home, office and anywhere else that might be brightened with glorious gourds. In a long drive through quaint corners of the countryside, I relished the splendor that is autumn.
Schools
By Dante Massarini
Father Jonathan Fioramonti is the newest chaplain for St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly.
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Theater
Fun and classic productions are part of this fall’s offerings from diocesan high schools and other performers. Get your tickets now.
Books
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — An Italian publisher announced the global release in January of "Hope," a book it described as Pope Francis' autobiography, which the pope apparently planned to have released only after his death.
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By Jim Hale
Andrew Masi thinks it was the meningitis he was afflicted with as an infant that left him with total deafness in one ear and partial deafness in the other. It was the grace of God that gave him a new outlook on life after being received into the Catholic Church in 2005. “God has taught […]
Local
By Jim Hale
PHILADELPHIA — The seminary that has formed generations of diocesan priests and two Arlington bishops has a new home. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, a fixture in Philadelphia for 193 years, began classes in August at its new location in Lower Gwynedd, Pa., 10 miles outside the city. Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United […]
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By Jim Hale
For a Catholic photographer, it doesn’t get any better than being assigned to work at the Vatican. Paul Haring captured some of the most dramatic moments in the pontificates of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis as the Vatican photographer for the Catholic News Service 2009-23. The work could be grueling, but as a son […]
National
By Daniel Payne
The Diocese of Orange in California has officially finished its renovation of Christ Cathedral, a onetime-Protestant megachurch, after more than a decade of work that brings to completion what the diocese calls a “major center of Catholic worship.”
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, Pope Francis' envoy for peace in Ukraine, returned to Moscow in mid-October for meetings with Russian government officials and leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope especially for greater unity between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
