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By Ashleigh Buyers
There is a place where the drone of traffic turns to the sound of birds and the tops of buildings are replaced by the peaks of the Blue Ridge. It is in Clarke County that the Trappist monks of Holy Cross Abbey have made their home for more than six decades. Time has not dulled […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Pilgrims visiting the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington soon will be welcomed by the beautiful new Redemptor Hominis Chapel. Cradled in the heart of the shrine, the chapel will feature a magnificent display of mosaic sacred art. World renowned mosaicist, Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik was commissioned by the Knights of Columbus to […]
National
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive at Joint Base Andrews at 4 p.m. Sept. 22, following his visit to Cuba. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, will board the plane to greet the Holy Father. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama will welcome him to the United States. Arlington Bishop […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CUBA – Pope Francis defended his position on the economy, the environment and other social issues as faithful repetitions of the basic Catholic social doctrine. Speaking to reporters flying with him from Cuba to Washington Sept. 22, the pope was asked about comments, mainly from the United States, claiming the […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Pope Francis arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Sept. 22 to begin his six-day visit to the United States, which will include two days in Washington, D.C. Pope Francis’ plane has just arrived at Joint Base Andrews. We’re waiting for the pope to come out of the plane. #popeindc #popeinus #shepherdonePosted by Arlington Catholic […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
HAVANA – As Cubans finally face the prospects of calmer relationships and greater ease of communication and commerce with the United States, Pope Francis told the Cuban people that love and service, not anyone’s ideology, are the keys to their happiness. “We do not serve ideas, we serve people,” the pope told hundreds of thousands […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Missionhurst Father Leo J. Zonneveld, who retired from active service in the Arlington Diocese in 2012 after serving as pastor of Precious Blood Church in Culpeper for more than 32 years, died Sept. 19 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. He was 81. A viewing will be held at Precious Blood Church, 114 E. Edmonson […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
HOLGUIN, Cuba – Celebrating the feast of St. Matthew, a day he considers a turning point in his own journey of faith, Pope Francis told thousands of Cubans that Jesus knows who they really are and calls them to walk with him. Arriving in the eastern city of Holguin from Havana Sept. 21, the pope […]
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Timothy O’Donnell, president of Christendom College in Front Royal, will speak during the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia Sept. 22-27. O’Donnell will speak in the session, “Rebuild My Church and Start from the Foundation: Living as ‘Domestic Church,'” Sept. 23. He will chair another breakout session, “Ahead of Its Time: The Prophetic Character of […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
HAVANA — Although it was not part of his formal program, Pope Francis took time after Sunday Mass to visit Cuba’s ailing former leader, Fidel Castro. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said that after the Mass Sept. 20 in Havana’s Revolution Square, Pope Francis was driven to the ailing 89-year-old’s residence for the meeting, […]
