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The Catholic Herald’s discussion of Virginia’s new transgender student policies in its article on the Equality Act was timely. Short of success in court to stop this, school boards across the state will begin adopting policies consistent with that coming out of Richmond by the 2021-22 school year.
VATICAN CITY — Recovering from colon surgery, Pope Francis briefly ran a fever late July 7, leading his doctors to perform a CT scan of his abdomen and chest the next morning to check for signs of infection.
VATICAN CITY — Condemning the "heinous assassination" of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, Pope Francis urged the people of Haiti to shun violence and make a commitment to dialogue and solidarity as the path to a better future.
Bishop Alphonse Quesnel of Fort Liberté, Haiti, said the Haitian church was "stunned" by the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Vandals defaced the long-revered statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus outside St. Lawrence Basilica over the July 3-4 weekend, but it was quickly restored by parish staff.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis continued to have a "satisfactory" recovery from colon surgery, and by July 7 doctors had removed his intravenous drip, the Vatican press office said.
The partial collapse of a high-rise condominium building in Surfside, Fla., recently “brings so much sadness,” yet is also an opportunity to respond with prayer and spreading the Catholic faith, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said on his “a href="https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/walk-humbly-podcast/the-walk-humbly-podcast---episode-75/">Walk Humbly Podcast/a>” July 7.
VATICAN CITY — The organization of the universal Catholic Church has a precise hierarchy, but there is no such thing as a "vice pope," who steps in when the reigning pontiff is traveling abroad, ill or under anesthesia.
VATICAN CITY — Seafarers kept products moving globally during the coronavirus pandemic, but too many of them have no access to vaccines, have been stranded on ships and often face the danger of piracy, the Vatican said.
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There’s an important word in today’s Gospel. It’s a word we heard earlier in Mark’s Gospel, way back in January on the fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. At that point, still early on in Jesus’ public ministry, he was teaching in a synagogue (Mk 1:21-28). The Gospel told us that people were astonished because he taught them not as the scribes but as one having “authority,” and with that same “authority” he cast a demon out of a man.