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By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – As the countdown continued for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, Church and civil authorities put the finishing touches on logistical plans to handle potentially massive crowds at the main events in Rome. Meanwhile, Vatican officials were heartened at the massive response to online projects designed to make the beatification a […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Blink and you’ll miss it. Sitting on the corner of West Glebe and Russell Roads in Alexandria, the unassuming gothic-style church of St. Rita is, as Father Daniel N. Gee, pastor, recently called it “a hidden gem” in Alexandria – a beautiful, peaceful oasis inside the beltway filled with “happy people who love their faith.” […]
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By Nora Hamerman
“The center of the icon of Christ is the Paschal Mystery: Christ is presented as the Crucified, the risen Lord, the One who will come again and who here and now hiddenly reigns over all. Every image of Christ must contain these three essential aspects of the mystery of Christ and, in this sense, must […]
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By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – As Church officials keep emphasizing, Pope John Paul II is being beatified not for his performance as pope, but for how he lived the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love. When the Vatican’s sainthood experts interviewed witnesses about the Polish pontiff, the focus of their investigation was on holiness, not achievement. […]
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By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI warned that technological progress must not lead people to think they can “become God.” About 50,000 faithful waved olive branches and palm fronds in St. Peter’s Square April 17 at the start of the liturgy that commemorated Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem […]
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The Institute of Catholic Culture will host a lecture entitled “Divine Mercy: Understanding the Sacrifice of Christ” April 27 at St. Leo the Great Church, 3700 Old Lee Hwy., Fairfax, at 7:30 p.m. Father Benedict Groeschel, a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and an internationally known specialist in spirituality, will be the […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Michael Santiago, a senior at Paul VI Catholic High School and a parishioner of St. Leo the Great Parish, both in Fairfax, died Thursday morning at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg after collapsing during a rugby game Sunday. According to Father J.D. Jaffe, Paul VI chaplain and assistant principal, Santiago’s collapse was due to an […]
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By Katie Collins
St. Veronica Parish in Chantilly may be a “young kid on the block” in the Arlington Diocese, as Father Edward C. Hathaway, pastor, called it, but the parish has grown into a mature faith community. Father Hathaway is clear on what’s important at St. Veronica – worship, education, outreach and fellowship, in that order – […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Father Joseph J. Loftus, a retired diocesan priest who had been in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Arlington for more than a dozen years, died April 2 in Scranton, Pa. He was 82. Father Loftus would have celebrated the 55th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood May 5. Arlington Bishop Paul […]
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By Dave Borowski
Franciscan Father Charles J. Miller, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Triangle, and more than 500 parishioners threw a party recently for Franciscan Father Robert J. “Bob” Menard, parochial vicar, celebrating his years of service to the parish. Father Menard will be leaving St. Francis in April for on an eight-month sabbatical through […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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