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By Justin McLellan
ASSISI, Italy — For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and wandered the hills barefoot.
Parishes
St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax has embraced initiatives from the diocesan strategic plan, updating its pastoral plan to incorporate them, according to Father Juan A. Puigbó, pastor.
Local
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments, effective June 26, 2025:
Columns
By Lucia A. Silecchia
Years ago, I read reports about a study positing that the American news media can be biased toward reporting bad or negative news. What saddened me was the report’s assertion that negative articles are the ones most sought out by the public as reports of bad news garner more clicks and public attention. Could it […]
Local
Joseph Vorbach, diocesan superintendent of schools, said Christina Mendez-Hall will be the new assistant superintendent in the diocesan schools office, effective May 12.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, was driving one of four ambulances donated to Ukraine with the help of U.S. Catholics.
Local
By Claire Chapman
When Regina Yeboah Asuamah looks at her babies, sitting in her immaculate Alexandria apartment and rocking one of them, she smiles. She seems always cheerful through the exhaustion, the blur of sleepless nights and the constant demands for diaper changes, feedings, holding, and rocking. She takes care of her four little ones and there is […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Centuries before Jesus was born, Jewish prophets had foretold his coming. During Holy Week, many of the prophecies made about the Messiah are fulfilled.
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The week Lent began, I traveled to Florida for a family emergency. Right after I returned home, I left for Scotland with my daughter and my husband.
Local
By Zoey Maraist
After hoping for a first child and getting a positive pregnancy test, Abigail Kasinski couldn’t wait to tell her family the good news.
