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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — A week after undergoing abdominal surgery, Pope Francis’ recovery is going well enough that his doctors are making plans to discharge him from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican press office said. “The medical staff reports that his clinical course is proceeding smoothly, without complications, and is therefore planning to discharge him in the […]
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Crowds of visitors enter a picturesque brick rowhouse nestled in a line of buildings with similar architectural design in Old Town, Alexandria. While the building opened as a museum more than a decade ago, it once housed the largest slave trading operation in pre-Civil War United States. The Freedom House Museum is one of many […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Connor Terreri, a middle schooler at St. Ambrose School in Annandale, was named the 2023 Virginia State Champion in a national online contest sponsored by the American Scholastic Achievement League. Seventeen other seventh and eighth grade students at the school scored at or above the national average and were awarded certificates for their achievement. The […]
National
By Lauretta Brown
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is gathering in Orlando for its spring meeting with a full agenda, including updates on the national eucharistic revival efforts, a vote on revising the Ethical and Religious Directives for Health Care Services, and a vote on the drafting of a new pastoral statement on persons with disabilities in […]
Global
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s criminal court ordered two climate activists to pay more than $30,000 in damages after they glued themselves to an ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums to draw attention to the effects of climate change. The activists, Guido Viero, 62, and Ester Goffi, 26, were tried at the Vatican for an […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ message of hope for humanity encased in a small satellite blasted off into space June 12 and soon will beam his words back to Earth. “The ‘Spei Satelles’ mission successfully launched from the U.S. base in Vandenberg, Calif., and in the coming days, it plans to deploy the CubeSat into […]
Parishes
By Kevin Schweers
Nativity Catholic Church in Burke celebrated its 50th anniversary on the feast of Corpus Christi June 11 with a standing-room-only Mass and luncheon. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge was the principal celebrant and homilist for the Mass. He commended Father Bob Cilinski’s leadership as pastor, lauded the parish’s “vibrant and varied” 60-plus ministries dedicated to causes […]
Books
By Zoey Maraist
A young adult shares his journey out of darkness into forgiveness and faith.
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By Kevin Schweers
On a Thursday morning in January, the clergy and parishioners of Nativity Catholic Church in Burke rose to find the statues honoring the Virgin Mary’s apparitions in Fatima and her message of peace had experienced a disturbing act of violence. The figures of Our Lady of Fatima, Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia were toppled and decapitated, […]
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The Catholic Media Association bestowed 33 awards on the Catholic Herald and gave five awards to Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and other representatives of the Arlington diocese at the organization’s annual meeting in Baltimore June 9. CMA received more than 4,000 entries in the competition from throughout the U.S. and Canada for the 2022 calendar […]
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