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Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has united with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the bishops of the Holy Land in their call that Tuesday, October 17 be a worldwide day of fasting, prayer, and abstinence for peace. I invite all of the faithful of the Diocese […]
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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated a Mass for Persons with Disabilities Oct. 8 at Holy Spirit Church in Annandale, followed by a reception sponsored by the parish and Porto Charities, a nonprofit that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Bishop Burbidge also serves as chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities and […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Synod participants who have known war and conflict firsthand led the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 12 by praying for peace between Israel and Palestine, throughout the Middle East and across the globe. Iraqi Sister Caroline Saheed Jarjis, a member of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, read […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge led more than 1,300 faithful from the Arlington diocese on a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg, Md., on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Oct. 7. The pilgrimage occurred ahead of the […]
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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The life of St. Josephine Bakhita, a former slave from Sudan who became a nun, demonstrates how love liberates people from oppression and frees them to forgive their oppressors and break cycles of hatred and violence, Pope Francis said. “Often a wounded person wounds in turn; the oppressed easily becomes an oppressor,” […]
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Schools
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Father Stephen J. Schultz, chaplain of St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, had a stroke the weekend of Oct. 1 and was admitted to intensive care in a coma. Over the next few days, he was unconscious and mostly unresponsive, intermittently using a ventilator to breathe. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge visited him to […]
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Several parishes hosted weekend observances Oct. 7-8 celebrating the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Priests at St. Ann Church in Arlington and St. John the Apostle Church in Leesburg blessed pets on Oct. 7, while Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Arlington invited parishioners and their pets […]
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By Steve Hemler and Lee Granger
In the early 1500s, the Aztec civilization occupied what is now the southern part of Mexico. It was an advanced civilization in language and knowledge but one that lived in fear of the gods that permeated their culture. They were in constant warfare with the neighboring indigenous peoples who inhabited the rest of Central America. […]
Bishop Burbidge
I ask the faithful in the Diocese of Arlington and all people of good will to join in prayer for peace following a terrorist attack in Israel. Our hearts are shocked and saddened by the death of hundreds of people, and thousands more who are wounded or dispersed already. It is my hope and prayer that the international community will work together to help ensure a peaceful […]
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