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The Lord’s yoke

By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
Mt 11:25-30 July 9 The English author G.K. Chesterton once wrote “Christianity has not been tried and found wanting, but found difficult and not tried.” Many would resonate with that sentiment when considering the significant demands of the Catholic life. Surely many of us have heard from friends or family thoughts like “your life seems […]
Bishop Burbidge

Clergy appointments effective July 23

Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments: Reverend John F. O’Connor, O.F.M. — from Pastor at Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Triangle to ministry outside the Diocese of Arlington, effective July 23, 2023. Reverend James P. Scullion, O.F.M. — from Parochial Vicar at Saint Francis of Assisi […]
Global

Synod on Synodality: Vatican publishes full list of participants

By Courtney Mares
The Vatican published the full list of participants July 7 who will take part in the upcoming Synod on Synodality assembly in October. Nearly a third of the 364 voting delegates in the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops were chosen directly by Pope Francis, including the American Jesuit Father James Martin, […]
Pope Francis

Vatican publishes schedule for papal trip to Mongolia

By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ visit to Mongolia Aug. 31-Sept. 4 will make him the first pope to visit this Asian nation, which is home to one cardinal and some 1,300 Catholics. The focus of the visit will be encounters with leaders of government and civil society and meetings with local Catholics. There will be […]
Pope Francis

Be transformed by the Eucharist, pope asks Catholics

By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Catholics must place the Eucharist at the center of their lives to transform their relationships with God and their neighbors, Pope Francis said. “If you are the same at the end of Mass as you were at the beginning, something is wrong,” the pope said in a video message released July 3 […]
Pope Francis

Vatican confirms papal ‘staycation’ in July

VATICAN CITY — As has been his practice since becoming pope in 2013, Pope Francis will take most of the month of July off as a sort of “staycation.” “From July 1 and until the end of the month, as usual,” the pope’s “general, particular and special audiences are suspended. The audiences will resume in […]
Movies

Summer movies on the lawn

By Special To The Catholic Herald
The Library of Congress is hosting its annual “Summer Movies on the Lawn” series featuring films from the library’s National Film Registry on Thursday evenings at sundown on the southeast lawn of the library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, located on 2nd St. SE and Independence Avenue. Music will be presented prior to each film at 7 […]
Pope Francis

Pope institutes commission to share the stories of new martyrs

By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican will establish a new commission to identify and catalogue Christians who have died for their faith in the last 25 years, Pope Francis said. Looking to the Holy Year 2025, the pope instituted the “Commission of New Martyrs” within the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to “create a catalogue […]
Global

Pope Francis appoints Argentine Archbishop Fernández as head of doctrine dicastery

By Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis has named Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, his longtime personal theologian and ghostwriter, to lead the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Argentine prelate succeeds Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., 79, who has been prefect of the dicastery since 2017. Archbishop Fernández, almost 61, will take up his new post in the […]

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