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After more than two decades of work, prayer and gathering in school gyms, the parishioners of Corpus Christi Church in Aldie marked what Bishop Michael F. Burbidge called a “historic, joyful moment” as they watched their new church come to life at a Rite of Dedication and Mass May 2.
VATICAN CITY — Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary's intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Eighteen construction workers from the Washington, D.C., region who lost their lives on the job during the past year were memorialized April 28 in the first observance in the Archdiocese of Washington of International Workers' Memorial Day.
WILMINGTON, Del. — More than two years after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Bishop William F. Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware, is stepping down.
Pope Francis approved a new set of laws that require Vatican officials and employees to sign a declaration stating they have not been and are not suspected of committing crimes, including money laundering, corruption or exploitation of minors.
ROME — As most of Italy eased COVID-19 restrictions in late April, most residents of Italy's assisted living and nursing homes were locked in "an eternal red zone" — not leaving the facilities, not having any visitors and, in more than half the homes, not even having access to video calls with loved ones, according to the Community of Sant'Egidio.
VATICAN CITY — The global Catholic Church coming together to pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic represents the hope and faith of the people of God and how they find solace and strength together with Mary, said a theological expert in Mariology.
HOUSTON — When the Easter livestream of Pope Francis' general audience and the Angelus was broadcast for the first time in American Sign Language on the Vatican's YouTube channel, the deaf Catholic ministry group in Texas took particular notice.
Amid the suffering due to a devastating economic crisis and a global pandemic, the beatification of José Gregorio Hernández, affectionately known as the "doctor of the poor," is a testament of the faith and hope of the people of Venezuela, Pope Francis said.
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointment:


