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By Anna Donofrio
Jan. 29 was shaping up to be an ordinary Wednesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Arlington. Father Frederick H. Edlefsen, pastor, wrapped up a parish finance council meeting at 8:45 p.m.; watched a TV show with Father Steven Walker, U.S. Navy chaplain in residence; and was about to turn in for the night […]
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By Anna Donofrio
Many people are surprised to hear that my husband, Andrew, and I met the pope on our honeymoon to Italy last year, and even more so that we received his blessing on our marriage. But little do they know that this is a very common — and profoundly fruitful — opportunity for newlywed couples: the […]
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By Anna Donofrio
If engaged couple Sydney Morrison and Nick McKenna have learned one thing, it’s to never underestimate the Holy Spirit’s ability to act through social media. The couple met through a matchmaking post on Instagram. “The circumstances alone were just so out there that it’s not something you could have ever explained away,” Nick said. In […]
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By Jim Hale
While Merriam-Webster named “polarization” its 2024 Word of the Year, for Catholics it may well be “synodality.” A Google search of the word yields 1.4 million results, with reports and analysis from seemingly every Catholic corner of the world. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops defines the word as, “The process by which the Catholic […]
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Schools
By Anna Donofrio
Entering the gym at St. Louis School in Alexandria, one might have mistaken it for a museum. Some 53 fifth graders lined the walls of the gym, dressed as though they had stepped out of a history book. At their feet were laminated “buttons” that read, “Press here to see me come to life!” With […]
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By Jim Hale
When Emma Atkinson told her father that she wanted to be a cloistered Carmelite nun, he thought it was a fleeting desire. “Like when she was a little girl and told me that she wanted to be a fairy, a butterfly, and even Dora the Explorer,” said Robert Atkinson. “However, as time went on, I […]
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By Ana Lucia Batista
Diocesan Catholic Charities held its annual ball Feb. 7 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner and set a new fundraising record.
Global
By Mary Brodeur
Of the many public events taking place in Rome throughout this Holy Year, I had the privilege of attending the first major weekend of the year: the Jubilee of the World of Communications.
Global
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — A group of U.S. pilgrims who crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Feb. 6 have traveled the world on the orders of superiors, but no one ordered them to make this trip and that made a huge difference, they said.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — People were born to help communities thrive, not to kill others, Pope Francis said.
