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When discerning the priesthood, Deacon John Paul Heisler had the example of many religious men and women among his relatives and the faithful Catholic families in his hometown.
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge join other bishops of the province to announce the general dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass will be lifted June 26-27.
VATICAN CITY — The World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to formalize the participation of the Holy See in the World Health Organization as a nonmember state observer.
First Masses since Bishop Burbidge eased restrictions are close to ‘normal.’
Fr. Lee W. Gross retires after years spent teaching seminarians.
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments, effective June 24, 2021, except where noted differently.
Neither Archbishop John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop in the United States, who started the project to build America’s first cathedral, nor Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, the third archbishop of Baltimore, who brought it to completion, could have predicted its impact over the centuries, the current archbishop said.
VATICAN CITY — A real winner knows how to find victory even in losing, Pope Francis told a group of athletes.
Deacon Roger T. (Ted) Ostrom, a retired U.S. Coast Guard commander who went on to serve the Arlington diocese in many key roles, died May 31 at age 85.
The revision of "Book VI: Penal Sanctions in the Church," one of seven books that make up the code for the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, was promulgated June 1 and will go into effect Dec. 8.


