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By Jonah McKeown
In an incident that police are treating as a possible hate crime, a statue of the Blessed Mother in a prayer garden near a prominent Washington basilica was damaged by an as-yet-unidentified assailant Feb. 15. The statue, located on the grounds of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, appeared to have […]
Local
By Jeff Caruso
The 2024 Virginia General Assembly session began Jan. 10 and is scheduled to end March 9. Feb. 13 was “crossover”, the date after which — with the exception of the budget — the House can only consider bills that have passed the Senate and the Senate can only consider bills that have passed the House. […]
Global
By Justin McLellan
BOLOGNA, Italy — Incense slowly drifted upward, not below the vaulted ceiling of Bologna’s Basilica of San Petronio, but toward the fluorescent lighting and steel beams in the city’s convention center, which for three days bore the trappings of a temple rather than those of a corporate meeting place. From Feb. 11-13, the Italian city […]
Global
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has chosen a line from Psalm 71 — “Do not cast me off in my old age” — as the theme for the 2024 celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. In a note announcing the theme for the day, which will be celebrated July 28, the […]
National
The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities presented the 2024 President’s Distinguished Service Award to Mark Gunty of the University of Notre Dame at a Feb. 3 awards dinner in Washington. Gunty is the undergraduate analytics program director and an assistant teaching professor of sociology at Notre Dame. He also serves on the advisory board […]
Local
The Knights of Columbus council at Our Lady of the Valley Church in Luray recently completed a successful drive to collect personal hygiene products for Page County Public School students. The Knights collected more than 350 donations from parishioners the weekend of Jan. 27-28. On behalf of the Knights’ Monsignor Paul V Heller Council No. […]
Local
The Virginia Ancient Order of Hibernians established its first new division in more than two decades. The division’s membership is equally divided between Culpeper and Fauquier counties, and based in Warrenton. Eighteen Irish Catholic men became the charter members in a ceremony led by state Hibernian officers last month at O’Brien’s Irish Pub in Warrenton. […]
Parishes
Many parishes are planning fish frys and soup suppers, both dine-in and carryout, during Lent. Check your parish website or bulletin for more listings and updates. FISH FRYS — All Saints Catholic Church, Manassas: Feb. 16 and 23, March 1, 8 and 22, 5-7:30 p.m. in Bishop Flaherty Hall (Knights Hall behind church). See […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
ROME — In an age when even one’s most intimate thoughts and feelings can become fodder for social media, Lent is a time to cast aside appearances and to find God at work in the depths of the heart, Pope Francis said. Without realizing it, Christians have become immersed “in a world in which everything, […]
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