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By Josephine Peterson
ROME — Eight hundred years after his death, the bones of St. Francis of Assisi have been placed on public display for the first extended public viewing in history, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to the hilltop town.
Pope Leo XIV
By Angela Ambrogetti
Pope Leo XIV voiced concern March 1 about developments in the Middle East and Iran, urging the parties involved to stop what he called a “spiral of violence” before it becomes an “unbridgeable chasm.”
National
By Amira Abuzeid
The escalating conflict in the Middle East has drawn a strong call for peace from Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Local
By Jim Hale
“From all his assignments he was remembered fondly — a great testament to a priest who served with love and care,” said Father Lundberg.
Columns
By Fr. Jack Peterson
March 1 — Mt 17:1-9
An unexpected large bill arrives in your inbox. The shower drain gets clogged. You almost forget an important birthday. You slip on the ice and strain your shoulder.
Local
By Anna Donofrio
Longtime beloved pastor Father Thomas J. Lehning died peacefully in his sleep Feb. 25 at age 80. He retired five years ago and was residing at the St. Rose of Lima Priests' Retirement Villa in Annandale.
National
By Tyler Arnold
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recovered money that it says the U.S. Department of State owed the conference for refugee resettlement and voluntarily ended its lawsuit against the department.
Global
By Victoria Cardiel
The monumental wooden doors at the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, one of the holiest sites for Christians of all denominations, were removed from their hinges Feb. 19.
Pope Leo XIV
By Victoria Cardiel
Pope Leo XIV warns in a new essay that “bitter nationalism tramples on the rights of the weakest” and says peace is first “defeated in the human heart” when people give in to selfishness, greed and partisan interests.
The bridegroom prepares a place