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People who knew Thomas Becket didn’t like him much. He was a superb administrator, with a genius for making himself indispensible to the most powerful people in England. And he was very good at making himself wealthy. Considering that he was canonized only two years after his death, it must have come as a shock to them that Becket was now a saint and a martyr.
Catholics in our country are barely aware that our coreligionists around the world are persecuted — sometimes subtly, sometimes cruelly — in dozens of countries. Pope Francis has said that there are "more martyrs today than in Christianity's first centuries," and many of them are in the region where Christianity was born.
In the years since its 1959 dedication, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception has had three main architectural focal points: on the exterior, its Great Dome and Knights Tower over the northeast Washington skyline, and in the interior, its dramatic Christ in Majesty Mosaic behind the main altar.
p class="Body">A brigade of Fairfax County Police escorted Santa Claus to St. Ambrose School in Annandale. br />br />
Hispanic Catholics gather to honor Mary on the feast day.
A Nativity scene and Christmas tree, like those displayed in St. Peter's Square, are visible reminders of God's benevolence and closeness to all men and women, Pope Francis said.
U.S. Catholic musician Matt Maher has advice for young people: Waste more time at the feet of Jesus, and the rest of your life should go according to God's plan.
p class="Body">The theme for the 2017 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal (BLA), “Offering Hands to Serve and Hearts to Love,” was exemplified through the tremendous outpouring of support from more than 44,000 parish households that responded to the appeal with pledges totaling more than $18,750,000 to assist countless people across our diocese.
Stephen and Jennifer Maas' family business, Domestic Church Supply Co., carries one product: a Lego kit that brings the mystery of the Mass into the living rooms of families around the world.
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