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Bishop Burbidge
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments: Permanent Deacon Deacon Alfred Caporaletti — from Permanent Deacon at Sacred Heart Parish in Manassas to retired status, was effective May 31, 2022. Deacon James A. Fishenden — from Permanent Deacon at Saint James Parish in Falls Church to retired status, […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
I saw it coming a long time ago. Back when I was a young, idealistic pro-lifer, I wondered what I could do for the movement. I had friends who were “sidewalk counselors,” standing outside abortion clinics offering help to the women walking in. That terrified me. I had other friends who were petitioning and lobbying […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
I heartily believe that there are morning people and not-morning people. Or maybe it is “morning not-people,” because they just don’t feel human when they get out of bed. I think that, to some degree, we come wired to be one or the other. Many people who are not naturally inclined to spring out of […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Two substantial new historical studies of Pope Pius XII’s response to the Jewish Holocaust reach sharply opposed conclusions. Not surprisingly, it’s the negative criticism of Pius rather than the documented defense that’s getting attention, including puff-piece interviews by The New York Times and the Associated Press. Brown University historian David Kertzer in “The Pope at […]
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Local
July 29, 2022 On July 16, 2021, Pope Francis published Traditionis Custodes, an apostolic letter issued motu proprio, by which he created new norms on the use of the Mass celebrated according to the Missal of 1962 (often referred to as the Traditional Latin Mass, the Extraordinary Form, and the usus antiquior). This was preceded by an international […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
ROME — In his first public comments since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision that legalized abortion, Justice Samuel Alito said writing the ruling was an “honor.” Delivering a July 21 keynote address at a gala dinner in Rome sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative, Alito […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
QUEBEC CITY — Meeting Indigenous survivors of residential schools in Canada, Pope Francis entrusted them and the journey of truth, healing and reconciliation to three women: St. Anne, Mary and St. Kateri Tekakwitha. “These women can help us to come together and start to weave anew a reconciliation that can uphold the rights of the […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — “Critical” anti-trafficking legislation overwhelmingly approved by the House in a bipartisan vote July 26 “will go a long way toward protecting so many vulnerable people from exploitation while providing tremendous support and resources to victims,” said one of it is sponsors, Rep. Chris Smith, N.J. Smith and Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., wrote the […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — As the church prepares to commemorate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in September, Pope Francis launched a video campaign meant to highlight the spiritual and cultural contributions that migrants bring to people’s lives. “Migrants and refugees offer us a great opportunity for the cultural and spiritual growth of all of […]
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