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WASHINGTON — The leaders of three U.S. Catholic organizations hope to have a million people pray and promote the daily rosary during the month of October for "the end to legal abortion in America and an outpouring of support for expectant mothers," according to their announcement on the joint effort.
A black eye, a broken arm — these are images we often conjure up when we think ofdomestic violence. But did you know that domestic violence can occur without ever leaving a physical mark? As we observe National Domestic Violence Month in October, consider how verbal abuse can be every bit as damaging as physical abuse. Moreover, it is almost always present prior to a physical outburst.
VATICAN CITY — In the search for truth, Catholic communicators must learn how to listen above all else, the Vatican said.
YAMBIO, South Sudan — Pope Francis may have kissed the feet of South Sudan's warring political leaders in a dramatic 2019 appeal for peace, but armed conflict continues to cause death and displacement in the world's newest country, pushing Catholic leaders here to plead for the conflict's victims.
VATICAN CITY — Death row inmates in Florida's prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their "house," with some having lived in their "house" for 40 years — longer than one Catholic lay chaplain said he has lived in his family home in Tallahassee.
Bishop Burbidge will celebrate Mass for the Opening of the Synod of Bishops October 17.
Most public issues these days seem to elicit angry dispute and mutual recriminations. Those divisions can tempt people to misstate or exaggerate facts, to persuade others (or even themselves) that they are right and their opponents are not worth thinking about.
In celebration of the Oct. 4 Feast of St. Francis of Assisi and the culmination of the Season of Creation, more than 20 diocesan parishes will hold a blessing of the animals. Below are the dates, times, and locations of many animal blessings in the area.
This year we observe October as Respect Life Month under the patronage of St. Joseph. We do so fully mindful of Virginia’s November elections, which highlight our civic duty to imitate St. Joseph’s virtues in defending the most vulnerable among us, particularly the unborn.
WASHINGTON — Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington urged people to take up Pope Francis' invitation to "move from indifference to solidarity" to better understand the plight of migrant people and refugees around the world.
