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By Tyler Arnold
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday to expand access to all contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration, including contraceptives that induce abortions. The executive order, which is intended to increase access to contraceptives over the counter, reduce the cost of contraceptives, and increase access for veterans and students, was signed […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Recognizing they lived the Christian virtues in a heroic way, Pope Francis has declared venerable Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, founder of the first Catholic order of African American nuns, and Sister Lúcia dos Santos, who, with her cousins, reported seeing Mary when she was a child in Fátima, Portugal. The pope […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Mass on the feast of St. Thomas More, patron of the Arlington diocese, at the start of Religious Freedom Week June 22 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. Due to ongoing renovations of the cathedral, the Mass was celebrated in Burke Hall. In his homily, Bishop Burbidge […]
Parishes
By Special To The Catholic Herald
The Legion of Mary at Good Shepherd Church in Alexandria hosted a celebration of the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary June 17. The celebration began with Mass, followed by a blessing of images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary and an Act […]
Local
By Anna Harvey
WorkCamp has restored Laura and Ken Miller’s faith in humanity. For more than a year, Laura has been homebound with stage five kidney disease and a broken foot, relying on Ken to help with everyday tasks. Following several upcoming surgeries on her kidneys and her foot, Laura would have to use a wheelchair but had […]
National
By Peter Pinedo
Thousands of Catholics and other Christians marched in a prayerful procession June 16 protesting the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring an anti-Catholic drag group called the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.” As thousands marched outside of Dodger Stadium, inside the stadium the Dodgers honored the drag group with a “Community Hero Award.” The recognition ceremony took place […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Religious Freedom Week affords us the opportunity to pray and reflect on the value of the right of religious freedom in our lives and to promote it in society. For us in the Diocese of Arlington, the timing is particularly meaningful as this week marks the feast day of St. Thomas More, the patron of […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — With a slightly quivering voice, before leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis thanked everyone who prayed for him and cared for him while he was in the hospital. Greeting an estimated 15,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square June 18, two days after he was released from Rome’s Gemelli […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Catholics need to recover a sense of awe and adoration before the Eucharist, knowing that it is “the real and loving presence of the Lord,” Pope Francis told members of the committees organizing the National Eucharistic Revival and the National Eucharistic Congress in the United States. Jesus spoke of himself as “the […]
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