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By Joe Bukuras
The weight of playing St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more popularly known as Padre Pio, one of the most popular saints of the 20th century, was “enormous,” Shia LaBeouf told CNA in late May. The new film “Padre Pio,” starring “Transformers” and “Fury” star LaBeouf, aired in theaters June 2 and portrays the Italian friar in […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The pontifical mission societies are called to inspire all Catholics to share the Gospel, a work that requires funding but can never be about money, Pope Francis said. “Please do not reduce the societies to money,” the pope told the Vatican-based officers and national directors of the societies June 3 during their […]
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Father William B. Schardt, pastor of St. Thomas à Becket Church in Reston, will retire to a private residence effective June 29. Father Richard E. Dyer, parochial vicar of St. Veronica Church in Chantilly, has been appointed pastor of St. Thomas. Father Schardt was born May 16, 1949, in El Paso, Texas, the son of […]
Global
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
June is known as the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus most simply because the solemnity of the Sacred Heart is celebrated during this month. This year, the solemnity is June 16. The date changes each year because it is celebrated on the Friday after the Corpus Christi octave, or the Friday after the […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — As first Communion season winds down and wedding fever rises, Catholic counters are busy. The Central Office of Church Statistics, a department of the Vatican Secretariat of State, keeps track of baptisms, first Communions, confirmations and Catholic marriages reported by dioceses around the world. The statistics are one way of “showing adherence […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
The U.S. Postal Service just released a stamp that bursts with nostalgia: an homage to the beloved author and illustrator Tomie dePaola. It depicts his best-known character, Strega Nona, who earned him a Caldecott Medal in 1976, clutching her pasta pot and smiling at her peacock. The stamp inspired me to sift through my Tomie […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The text came a day or two after I got home after being away for weeks and managing intense medical situations in two different states for months. It came when I was so weary that I wasn’t really reading texts; they took too much effort. “It’s so hard when the hits just keep coming. Do […]
Columns
By Nancy Briggs
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you.” These words from the prophet Jeremiah will echo throughout Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville in early June, as eight men stand at the foot of the altar, ready to declare their obedience to Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and […]
National
A new law designed to protect children takes effect July 1 in Virginia. It requires websites with more than a third of its material “harmful to minors” to verify that the user is 18 years of age or older before accessing the website. The new law leaves it up to the website to determine the […]
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