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Pope Leo XIV
By Antonio Tarallo
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV marked Pentecost Sunday with a plea for peace, praying that the Holy Spirit would save the world “from the evil of war” and renew the church in its mission to transform confusion into communion.
National
By Daniel Payne
Bishop John Ricard, who led the National Black Catholic Congress for three decades and served as a bishop in two U.S. dioceses, died May 20 at 86.
Columns
By Fr. Jack Peterson
The redemptive work of Christ was not complete until the new outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Jesus had spoken of this promised gift very directly and intentionally toward the end of his earthly journey.
National
By Tessa Gervasini
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City is set to deliver his first remarks as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops before bishops consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in June.
Pope Leo XIV
By Victoria Cardiel
Pope Leo XIV said May 20 that the liturgy occupies a central place in the life of the church, since it “touches the very heart” of the mystery of Christ — because it is “at once the space, the time, and the context” in which the church receives from him “her very life.”
Schools
By Stephen Orloski
If my senior year has taught me anything, it’s how to live with uncertainty. My friends and I have spent months discerning what the next four years — and, in a larger sense, the rest of our lives — should look like.
Columns
By Lucia A. Silecchia
Recently, I got the ominous “heads up” that my work computer is scheduled to be replaced this summer.
Local
Eight priests in the diocese will mark milestone ordination jubilees this year, including three — all order priests — who will mark their 50th anniversaries.
Local
By Jim Hale
Today, eight military chaplains are incardinated in the Arlington diocese, the most of any diocese in the country. “To wear this uniform is to take my place, however briefly, in that long line,” said Father Sean T. Koehr, U.S. Navy lieutenant and chaplain at the Navy’s only boot camp, located in Great Lakes, Ill.
Schools
By Jim Hale
“Mr. Conroy has devoted his life to this school,” said Kathleen Burnett, second grade teacher. “He weaves faith into the education of the students every day. He has been such a strong force in the school for decades.”
