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Pope Francis said he formally was giving all priests permanent permission to grant absolution to those who confess to having procured an abortion. While many bishops around the world, and almost all bishops in the United States, routinely grant that faculty to all their priests, Pope Francis had made it universal during the Holy Year.

The Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled Nov. 17 in favor of the family of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen regarding their request to allow the transfer of the sainthood candidate's remains to Peoria, Illinois, where he was raised and ordained a priest.

"I believe the greatest illness of today is cardiac sclerosis," Pope Francis said, implying a kind of hardening of the heart that renders a person unable to feel compassion or be moved by another's suffering.

Deacon Daniel F. Resendes, the first deacon ordained for the Arlington Diocese, died Nov. 17 at age 90. A wake will be Nov. 28 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton. The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. at St. John the […]

Mesmerizing and unusually intimate science-fiction drama about an American linguist trying to communicate with aliens inside a spacecraft hovering over a Montana field. 

Two trolls set out to rescue a group of their friends who have been kidnapped by an evil chef from a race of Troll-eating giants called Bergens. 

What Tilda Swinton can conceive, Benedict Cumberbatch can achieve in this first big-screen adventure for the Marvel Comics superhero who debuted in print back in 1963.

ROME — Being created a cardinal in the Year of Mercy brings with it an obligation to continue to proclaim and share God’s mercy with others, said Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin. The current archbishop of Indianapolis, who will be installed as archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, in January, was to receive his red hat Nov. […]
In 1991, Arlington Bishop John R. Keating began a mission on the frontier of the Dominican Republic in a town called Bánica. Since then, hundreds of volunteers from the diocese have come to serve the people. Diocesan priests have spent years ministering to the spiritual needs of the thousands of people from San Francisco de […]

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