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By Anna Donofrio, ca
Every conversion story has a turning point, the moment at which a person experiences a personal encounter with God and makes a dynamic change.
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By Anna Donofrio
This Easter, hundreds of people came home to the Catholic Church. And some two decades after he was baptized, University of Mary Washington junior Spencer Lombardo was among them.
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By Jim Hale
On the outside, it looked like his life was fulfilled. “But I still felt like there was something missing and I didn’t know what it was,” he said.
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By Jim Hale
In total 27 students were received into the church at the Easter Vigil, a record number at GMU. Thirteen more in OCIA (formerly RCIA) are discerning whether to receive the sacraments in the coming months or next Easter.
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Pope Leo XIV
U.S. prelates were quick to come to Pope Leo XIV’s defense following a social media post by President Donald Trump criticizing the pontiff.
Global
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
After traveling approximately 695,000 miles over its 10-day trip around the moon, the Artemis II crew — made up of astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen and Victor Glover — made their splash landing into the Pacific Ocean, arriving safely back on Earth April 10.
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By Francesca Pollio Fenton
Pope Leo XIV kicked off his first papal trip to Africa in Algeria April 13, spending two days there before visiting Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.
Pope Leo XIV
By ANDREA GAGLIARDUCCI and MARCO MANCINI
ALGIERS, Algeria — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria April 13 and delivered his first address in the country at the Maqam Echahid Martyrs’ Monument, where he urged forgiveness and said that “the future belongs to men and women of peace.”
Pope Leo XIV
By Angela Ambrogetti and Marco Mancini
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT — Pope Leo XIV said April 13 that he will continue to speak out "loudly" against war, stressing that his role is to preach the Gospel, not to enter into political disputes.
Pope Leo XIV
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive "delusion of omnipotence" threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their hearts and minds of hatred and violence, and to start serving life.
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6/11/26
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