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Myanna Kempton, a 7-year-old parishioner of Church of the Nativity in Burke, provides gift totes to children after their heart surgery at Inova Children's Hospital in Falls Church.

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington has told the priests of the archdiocese that he will meet soon with Pope Francis to request that he accept the resignation the cardinal submitted three years ago when he turned 75.

Pope Francis will meet Sept. 13 with Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and with Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, the Vatican press office announced. 

Memorial services were held Sept. 11 at the Pentagon in Arlington, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City and the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pa., to recall the 17th anniversary of the 9/11/ terrorist attacks in which nearly 3,000 people died. 

If President John F. Kennedy were to return to his weekend parish — St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Middleburg — he might not recognize it. From his refurbished pew, he would have seen a new Italian marble altar, ambo and baptismal font. The altar was dedicated Sept. 9.

Responding quickly and appropriately to the problem of abuse must be a priority for the Catholic Church, said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. 

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