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By Russell Shaw
So now it’s up to Pope Francis. Followup to the Synod on the Family rests firmly in the hands of this paradoxical pontiff who champions consultation, collegiality and synodality while practicing a highly centralized management style. The pope’s closing remarks to the synod Oct. 25 offered few solid hints about what he would do. But […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – Businesses are called to promote harmony between work and family for their employees, especially for women with children or who are starting families, Pope Francis said. The pope said that many times, women who announce their pregnancy are fired from their positions, when instead they “must be protected and helped in this […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
BEIJING – China’s Communist Party leaders announced they would change the nation’s one-child policy, which most strictly applied to Han Chinese living in urban areas of the country. The Oct. 29 announcement was contained in a Xinhua news agency report on the Communist Party’s Central Committee in Beijing. It said China would allow all couples […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – With his election as speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Paul Ryan may have taken the most difficult job in American politics. The Wisconsin Republican is faced with keeping his party’s conference unified as he takes a position that places him third in line for the presidency. He has vowed to change […]
Columns
By Carolyn Woo
Pope Francis’ recent visit to the United States has touched each of us in so many ways through words, gestures and that indelible twinkle in his eyes whenever he is with people. There is much to unpack in our own journey of faith. I want to begin with the moniker affectionately given to him: the […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
Love was in the air Sunday afternoon as 251 couples came from all parts of the diocese to attend the 37th annual Marriage Jubilee Mass. This year’s celebration boasted 116 golden anniversaries and 135 silver anniversaries with a combined total of 9,175 years of marriage represented in the pews of St Agnes Church in Arlington. […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
When three Brazilian fishermen found a statue of the black Virgin in 1717, the figurine was later believed responsible for literally casting the chains off of a local slave and freeing him. Nearly two centuries after the miracle of Our Lady of Aparecida was reported, the Golden Law of 1888 abolished slavery in Brazil. Today, […]
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The Arlington collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious will be Nov. 7-8. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office, the collection offers support for senior Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests whose communities lack sufficient retirement funding. Of the $28.3 million raised nationally in last year’s collection, the Arlington Diocese contributed more than […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I have tried in vain to find out whether Pope Francis has ever had the chance to visit in person with his only surviving sibling since he was elected pope. (I have read that she – Maria Elena Bergoglio, his youngest sister – has not been well.) Will Pope Francis ever get a chance […]
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Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore will present the Peacemaker of the Year Award to Father Gerry Creedon, pastor of Holy Family Church in Dale City, at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 3304 Washington Blvd., Arlington, Nov. 14. The event will begin with the Vigil Mass at 5 p.m. followed by a dinner in Benedict Hall. Father Creedon […]
