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Bishop Burbidge
By Catholic Herald
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments: Reverend Edgardo Jara. O.F.M. — from Parochial Vicar at Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Triangle to ministry outside the Diocese of Arlington, effective March 25, 2022. Reverend Christopher J. Dunn, O.F.M. — from ministry outside the Diocese of Arlington to […]
Columns
By Patricia Kasten
GREEN BAY — We all know about the famous Marian shrines: Fatima in Portugal, Guadalupe in Mexico and Lourdes in France. But did you know there is a church-approved apparition of Mary right here in the United States? The site is known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion. Bishop […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we draw special attention to the extraordinary responsibility we all share to protect the innocence of childhood and guard against child abuse in its many forms. We also highlight our important obligation to accompany those who have endured abuse in their lifelong healing process. While many of us are […]
Local
By Leslie Miller
Chris Donoghue was a cradle Catholic who went to church every Sunday, but the word “discipleship” was not part of his vocabulary growing up. “Disciples were the people in the Bible. We were Catholics,” he said.
Schools
By Ethiana Hacsh
Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores is an institution that holds tradition close to its heart. Back in 2008, the year the school was founded, a small group of high school students took charge as student leaders of this small Catholic school. Today, John Paul the Great is a place […]
National
By Catholic News Service
ROME — Msgr. Thomas W. Powers, vicar general of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been named rector of the Pontifical North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome. His appointment by the Vatican Congregation for Clergy was announced March 30 and goes into effect July 1. The current rector, Father Peter Harman, has completed […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School hosted a conference titled “Beyond ‘Defensive Crouch,’ Religious Freedom” March 24-25 in Arlington.
Global
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — With his voice often trembling and tears sliding down to his beard, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church spoke via Zoom about the death and destruction Russia is raining down on his people and his country. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych repeatedly apologized for the tears and acknowledged the contrast between his […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked people to pray for his upcoming trip to Malta and to pray for an end to the “savage cruelty” of war. After delivering his general audience talk in the Paul VI hall March 30, he warmly greeted a group of children from Ukraine who are receiving assistance in Italy, […]
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