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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The diocesan Office of Youth, Campus and Young Adult Ministries hosted its annual Youth, Campus and Young Adult Ministry Appreciation Mass and Dinner at St. Joseph Church in Herndon Dec. 5. The evening began with Mass, celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge. Some 440 attendees then gathered in the parish hall for a reception and […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Christians must be open to the Word of God and to welcoming and serving others, Pope Francis said. “ ‘Be open,’ Jesus says to every believer and to his church: be open because the Gospel message needs you to witness to it and proclaim it,” he said during his weekly general audience […]
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By Nicolás de Cárdenas
More than 100 cities joined in praying the rosary for Spain Dec. 8, the feast of the country’s patroness, the Immaculate Conception, asking for her intercession due to the political, social, and moral crisis in the nation and in response to attempts to suppress religious freedom. A flash point in the crisis came when in […]
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Schools
By Anna Harvey
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blessed the campus and new library and media center of the Basilica School of St. Mary in Alexandria Dec. 8. The blessing concluded the diocesan school’s “Mary, Lead Us Campus Transformation” campaign, which funded two phases of school renovations over the last four years. The Basilica school annually enrolls more than […]
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Schools
By Anna Harvey
Queen of Apostles School needed a facelift. Several of the bathrooms dated back to the Alexandria school’s founding in 1966. New energy-efficient lights were needed in the school gym, which is often used as an event space for the parish. With limited resources, the school could not afford such a large project. Then Principal Kristie […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said he has decided to be buried in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major instead of in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican and that he has simplified the rites for a papal funeral. In a Dec. 12 interview with Mexican news outlet N+, the pope, in good humor, discussed […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has upheld a rule mandating that the ashes of the deceased be preserved in a consecrated place, but it also said family members could request “a minimal part of the ashes” be kept in a sacred place “of significance for the history of […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums has launched an initiative to give visitors — online and in person — a “backstage” peek into the secrets, curiosities and insights discovered by their art restorers. When cleaning, repairing and analyzing major works of art up close or with X-rays or infrared radiation, experts often find unexpected and […]
National
By Daniel Payne
A Catholic priest in Nebraska died Dec. 10 after being stabbed at a parish rectory, the Archdiocese of Omaha said. Police identified a suspect in the case late Dec. 10. The archdiocese said in a statement that Father Stephen Gutgsell was assaulted “during an invasion at the rectory of St. John the Baptist Parish in […]
National
President Emeritus Marianne Evans Mount was named a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great at the Catholic Distance University 40th anniversary gala Nov. 17. The award is the highest honor a layperson can receive from the Catholic Church. Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, presented the award to Mount […]
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