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In 2016, Alejandro and Emeli Avalos set out from El Salvador to join their mom in the United States. She had left them with her mother and sister when Alejandro was 5 and Emeli was 4 to earn money for their education, but when they became teenagers, gang members tried to give Alejandro a phone to be a drug lookout; they took notice of Emeli as well.
Redevelopment is coming to an Arlington parish and an Alexandria school.
Archbishop William E. Lori reflects on Baltimore's rich history, attractions for Virginia Catholics during a recent visit to Arlington.
The Virginia legislature passed a bill to abolish the death penalty last month that the governor has vowed to sign. This would mark the first time a Southern state has abolished the death penalty — welcome news for many of us. To others, let me set out the reasons why the death penalty is bad public policy, and why every state should follow Virginia’s lead.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge expressed his sorrow over the mass shootings in a March 23 statement.
Take an international culinary journey through Northern Virginia.
God created diversity — and the healing of our nation’s racial divisions “will depend upon our ability to recognize diversity as a positive reality,” said Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory at a diocesan conference March 20 on confronting the sin of racismbr />br />
One year ago, I left my office for what I thought was a few weeks. Soon I was wearing gloves to the grocery store and sanitizing the groceries when I got home. Spring was a time of fear and high alert.
ROME — Rome's baroque churches, street-side shrines to the Virgin Mary and regular cycle of papal liturgies conjure fitting sentiments for a priest living and teaching theology in the Eternal City.
VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church cannot claim to safeguard marriage and family life if it simply repeats its traditional teaching without supporting, encouraging and caring for real families, especially when they struggle to live up to that teaching, Pope Francis said.
