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By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON — The intended audience of a Dec. 15 hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Nicaragua’s repression of religious freedom was not the White House, State Department or Congress. Rather, it was a direct appeal to Pope Francis and the Vatican. The pope and Holy See “have not been more vocal,” said […]
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By Danielle Bean
EMMITSBURG, Md. — When Nicole Swannack signed up for an online book club with the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton last spring, she thought she might learn more about her faith and the life of America’s first native-born saint and maybe make a new friend. She didn’t anticipate that the experience would inspire […]
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By Dale Gavlak
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan began Christmas celebrations by unveiling a project that could attract 1 million pilgrims annually to the officially recognized site of Jesus’ baptism on the east bank of the Jordan River. An area adjacent to Bethany Beyond the Jordan, as mentioned in the New Testament, will be developed to allow Christian pilgrims […]
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By Joe Bukuras
After a five-day journey meeting with church hierarchy and government officials in Poland and Ukraine, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly of the Knights of Columbus is convinced that American Catholics must continue to stand in solidarity with the suffering Ukrainian people this winter. “Things are more difficult now in Ukraine than they were nine months ago,” […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The only way “to protect the dignity and human rights of all, to promote justice, reconciliation and dialogue for the sake of enduring peace and to care for our common home” is to strengthen diplomacy and collaboration among nations, Pope Francis said. Welcoming new ambassadors to the Vatican from Belize, Bahamas, Thailand, […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Young women who want to learn about women’s religious orders in the Arlington diocese can visit a different community every month through a new program called Sundays with the Sisters: Rejoice! Tour 2023, offered by the diocesan vocations office. The program is offered in conjunction with the second year of preparation for the Diocesan Golden […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The interconnected “moral, social, political and economic crises” facing the world cannot be solved if individuals and nations continue to focus only on their own, immediate interests, Pope Francis said in his message for World Peace Day 2023. “The time has come for all of us to endeavor to heal our society […]
Global
By Katie Yoder
An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas Novena.” The nine-day prayer begins Dec. 16 and concludes on Christmas Eve. Drawing from the Psalms and Old Testament prophecies foretelling the coming of the Messiah, […]
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A historic number of 12.5 million pilgrims visited Our Lady of Guadalupe at her shrine in Mexico City in recent days, authorities have confirmed. In a Dec. 13 statement, the Mexico City Government Secretariat said the Mexican capital “received 12,500,000 pilgrims at the Basilica of Guadalupe.” This number, the agency stated, “broke the record for […]
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Leave it to St. Lucy, the patron saint of the blind, to shine a light on the need for food experienced by many families in the diocese. On her feast day, Dec. 13, St. Lucy also was invoked to shine a bright light on the many volunteers who work with Catholic Charities St. Lucy Food […]
