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The theme for last year’s Bishop’s Lenten Appeal (BLA), “Go forth as heralds of God’s mercy” was embodied through the tremendous generosity of 44,000-plus families and individuals who responded to the appeal with pledges of more than $17,725,000 to support the work of the local Catholic Church. “As I begin my ministry at the Arlington […]
The Virginia Catholic Conference — the public policy agency of the Commonwealth’s Catholic bishops and their two dioceses — will pursue the following  initiatives during the 2017 Virginia General Assembly session, which convenes for 46 days beginning Jan. 11.  The conference’s agenda was formulated in consultation with its education and respect life, health and social […]
The girls’ varsity basketball team of Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax won the Art Turner memorial tournament once again last month. The Lady Panthers have won 12 state championships, three WCAC (Washington Catholic Athletic Conference) titles, and five holiday tournaments.   Their coach, Scott Allen, was named the 2015-16 ALL-USA high school girls’ basketball coach of the year.   […]

As St. John Paul II did during the Jubilee Year 2000, Pope Francis suspended for the Year of Mercy the formal visits bishops from around the world make "ad limina apostolorum" — to the threshold of the Apostles, meaning Peter and Paul, who were martyred in Rome.

Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila formally opened the sainthood cause of Julia Greeley, a former slave who spent her days caring for the poor, during a Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Denver in late December.

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