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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – A Christian marriage isn’t just a big ceremony held in a church with nice flowers and everyone wearing fancy clothes and taking lots of pictures, Pope Francis said. Marriage is an act of faith between a man and woman who are both fragile and limited, but courageous enough to follow Christ and […]
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Father Thomas P. Tunney, parochial vicar of Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church in Arlington, blessed a group of parishioners May 3 who will be traveling to St. Joseph Church in Medor, Haiti, May 5-12.
Arts
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Morgan Atkinson’s new documentary on Thomas Merton, the famed Trappist monk from the Cistercian abbey in Gethsemani, Ky., was “40 years in the making,” he joked. Actually, it was closer to two, but it was Atkinson’s own pilgrimage to Gethsemani 40 years ago that not only broadened his exposure to Merton, but led […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
More than 300 delegates and alternates representing the 143 local councils and more than 27,000 members of the Knights of Columbus in Virginia gathered at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel in Richmond May 1-3 for their 115th annual meeting. The Knights elected a new slate of officers who will assume office July 1. The delegates elected […]
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By Lisa Socarras
Giving back to the community has always been important to St. Mary of Sorrows parishioner Bill Crowder, a former colonel who served 26 years in the U.S. Army. Raised in Alabama as “a good Southern Baptist,” he has been married for 42 years and is a father, grandfather and Past Grand Knight. Crowder is president […]
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By Christine Stoddard
The Asian and Pacific Island Catholics for Mary 13th Annual Pilgrimage drew around 1,000 people to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington May 2. The Mass began with opening remarks from Msgr. Walter R. Rossi, who asked the faithful to pray for victims of the recent earthquake in Nepal. […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – People seem to enjoy finding the shortcomings of candidates for sainthood like Blessed Junípero Serra, but they should ask themselves if they would have his generosity and courage to leave everything behind to care for the poor and bring them the Gospel, Pope Francis said. Visiting the Pontifical North American College, the […]
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By Christine Stoddard
As Nepal works to recover from its April 25 earthquake, Catholics from the Arlington Diocese and beyond rally in support. Charitable organizations have united to provide food, medical services and other forms of relief for victims and their families. At press time, more than 7,200 are reported killed, with more than 14,000 injured, as a […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
A beautiful spring day was the backdrop for May crowning and the anniversary of the church’s dedication at St. William of York Church in Stafford, the first time the two events have fallen on the same day. The church was dedicated 59 years ago – May 6, 1956 – by Richmond Bishop Peter L. Ireton. […]
Columns
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The Holy Year of Mercy will be an opportunity to encourage Christians to meet people’s “real needs” with concrete assistance, to experience a “true pilgrimage” on foot, and to send “missionaries of mercy” throughout the world to forgive even the most serious of sins, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella. The yearlong extraordinary jubilee […]
