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Local
By Anna Harvey
Hundreds of parishioners and families gathered throughout the diocese June 19 for Corpus Christi processions held at various parishes. At Christ the Redeemer Church in Sterling, more than 400 parishioners, non-parishioners and families participated in the parish’s annual procession. The event commenced after the 2 p.m. Spanish Mass, and red T-shirts bearing the words “Corpus […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 ruling June 21, the Supreme Court said a Maine tuition aid program that excluded religious schools violated the Constitution’s free exercise clause. The opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, said: “A state need not subsidize private education but once a state decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some […]
Global
By David Agren
MEXICO CITY — Two Jesuit priests were murdered in a rugged region of Mexico rife with violence as they provided refuge to a person being pursued by a gunman, according to the Society of Jesus and state officials. Jesuit Fathers Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar died defending their parish in the community […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — One cannot share the Gospel without living it first, Pope Francis said in separate meetings with members of the general chapters of the Pauline Fathers and Comboni Missionaries. “The first thing a communicator communicates is himself, perhaps without meaning to, but it is himself,” the pope told the Paulines, a religious order […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — When received with faith, the Eucharist not only nourishes and satisfies one’s hunger for consolation and love, but gives Christians the strength to nourish others, Pope Francis said. Addressing an estimated 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address June 19, the feast of the Body and Blood […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called on world leaders to aid people suffering in war-torn countries, especially in Myanmar and Ukraine. After praying the Angelus prayer with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square June 19, the pope lamented the suffering of the people of Myanmar “who lack basic humanitarian assistance and who are forced to leave […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
OWO, Nigeria — The Catholics attending Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church on Pentecost did not know how much it would cost to participate in the suffering of Jesus, said Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of Oyo. “How much do we understand when he says to us, ‘The time is coming when anyone who kills you will […]
Movies
By Joseph Mcaleer
NEW YORK — “Lightyear” (Disney) blasts off in cinemas with controversy in its wake. In what is becoming a bad habit for the Mouse House (witness the “pro-choice” theme in “Turning Red,” or the heroine with two moms in “Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”), Disney injects the objectionable into what would otherwise be […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Central to the decision by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to deny Communion to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is the reality of scandal. As Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington said in repeating the ban, the aim of these decisions is “to guard the faithful from scandal.” Other bishops have also cited scandal in […]
Local
By Leslie Miller
The Eucharist can be seen “as a sacrament of healing,” said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge as he celebrated Mass and led a procession for the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) June 19 at St. Joseph Church in Alexandria. Bishop Burbidge reflected on statements about the Eucharist by three […]
