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Manassas rosary group celebrates 39th anniversary

Thirty-nine years ago, Kay Hockman was reading a Catholic Digest article about a woman who had started a rosary group in her home. Hockman, a parishioner of All Saints Church in Manassas, was inspired by the story and felt called to start her own rosary group. 

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Hispanic young adult conference draws hundreds

By Fr. José Eugenio Hoyos

Nearly 600 young adults gathered for the Regional Congress of Young Adults Oct. 28 at Herndon Middle School in Herndon. Organized by the diocesan Spanish Apostolate with the support of the Young Adult Charismatic Renewal and other diocesan groups, the event included prayer, reflections, testimonies, music, lunch and a holy hour.

National

On contraception, church must continue to defend life, cardinal says

By Junno Arocho Esteves

The acceptance of artificial contraception by some Christian churches and communities beginning in the 1930s has led "to the monstrosity of what is today known as procreative medicine," which includes abortion, said German Cardinal Walter Brandmuller.

Pope Francis

Vatican City Police continue centuries-old tradition

By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Like police everywhere, Vatican officers write dozens of parking tickets and deal with more than their fair share of petty thieves.   The Vatican’s blue-uniformed police corps does not have the picturesque uniforms or the medieval halberds of the Swiss Guard, with whom they work to protect the pope and Vatican City […]
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Protecting Mideast Christians is in best interest of U.S., panelists say

By Kelly Sankowski

At a panel at the 2017 In Defense of Christians Summit Oct. 25, Robert Nicholson, executive director of the Philos Project, said often when he is discussing the need to protect Christians in the Middle East, people will tell him that they care about Christians, but they don't know what the United States can do about it, since another invasion of Iraq is unlikely.

National

Equal opportunity for HHS funding

By Carol Zimmerman

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Oct. 25 that it is looking for ways to ensure that faith-based and religious groups are not blocked from receiving HHS funding for their programs.

National

‘Horrendous attack weighs on all our hearts,’ says cardinal

By Catholic News Service
This article has been updated throughout WASHINGTON — The “horrendous act” by a driver in a pickup truck who mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists in New York late in the afternoon Oct. 31 “weighs on all of our hearts,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “This afternoon we heard of what […]
Local

Eucharistic adoration inspires Dominican sister

By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Sister Anna Wray is a big fan of Eucharistic adoration.   There is something about the quiet time in prayer that has spoken powerfully to her over the years making her understand God a little more and also get a clearer sense of her path in life. It’s where — as a self-described […]
Pope Francis

In the end, everyone faces God with ’empty hands,’ pope says

By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — God waits for everyone, even the worst sinner who repents only with his dying breath, Pope Francis said.   “Before God, we present ourselves with empty hands,” he said, meaning that all the good works people have or haven’t done throughout their lives aren’t measured to determine entry into heaven. “A word […]

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