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By Elise Italiano
I think I was 19 years old the first time I went to Eucharistic adoration. It wasn’t regularly offered at my parish and my family never lingered after the Pange Lingua on Holy Thursday when people adore the host before it’s reposed. When the chaplain at Providence College informed us he was going to start […]
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By Greg Erlandson
Watching TV images of crowds pulling down a statue of a Civil War soldier in North Carolina, I found myself thinking of a 16th-century pope named Paul IV. He was so loathed by Romans, Jews and Christians alike, that when he died, the people pulled down his statue on the Capitoline Hill, cut off […]
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By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge greets sisters new to the Diocese of Arlington at vespers and dinner at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More Sept. 11.
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By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Very few people have seen the interior of St. Francis de Sales Church in Purcellville since the church closed June 5 for a major renovation, including a new altar and pews, according to Father Ronald S. Escalante, pastor.
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By Special To The Herald
Dr. Michael Anthony Creedon of Vienna died suddenly Sept. 5 at the age of 76.
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Knights defeat Wolves 3-2 in boys soccer match in Dumfries.
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By Zoey Maraist
A bus helps the elderly and those without cars get to church on Sunday.
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By Junno Arocho Esteves
Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted by Islamic State militants in Yemen and held captive for more than a year, was freed.
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By Jose Montoya
Arturo and Maria Perez were married at their parish, Good Shepherd Church in Alexandria, along with 20 other couples in “la gran boda,” or “the big wedding” — a convalidation ceremony.
Calculating the math of mercy