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By Angela Cave
WASHINGTON – The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious will sponsor its second eucharistic congress Sept. 11-12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The congress, free and open to all, will focus on the Eucharist in the context of three types of Christian vocations – priesthood, religious […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington is one of the largest churches in the world. The man who gives both temporal and spiritual direction to the shrine is a diocesan priest from Scranton, Pa. Msgr. Walter R. Rossi has been with the shrine for 12 years, the last four […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Lying in his foxhole late at night, looking at the stars and fingering pieces of a broken rosary, Father Cregan began to realize his next calling: the priesthood.
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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – For more than 100 years, Catholic social teaching has tried to help people face the world’s social, political and economic challenges with the power of the Gospel. Pope Benedict XVI announced June 29 that he had signed his first formal contribution to the list of papal encyclical letters on social themes and […]
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By Lou Baldwin
PHILADELPHIA – When Iranian-born actress Shohreh Aghdashloo was asked by co-director Cyrus Nowrasteh to consider the lead role in the movie “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” her immediate reaction was, “I’ve been waiting for this for 20 years.” The film, which was released June 26, is based on the barbaric 1986 execution of an Iranian […]
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By Chaz Muth
WASHINGTON – Known to millions for his trademark “Heeere’s Johnny” introduction as the longtime sidekick to Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show,” entertainer and Catholic University of America alumnus Ed McMahon died early June 23 in Los Angeles at 86. The Detroit native, raised a Catholic but married three times, died shortly after midnight at […]
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By Richard Szczepanowski
WASHINGTON – One day after the deadliest accident in the history of Washington’s Metro subway system, Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl gathered with Metro employees to pray for those who died or were injured in the incident. “Confident that God always remembers the good we have done and God is good and gracious, let us remember […]
Movies
A work-obsessed investment adviser (Eddie Murphy) connects with his young daughter (Yara Shahidi) after accidentally discovering that the inhabitants of an imaginary kingdom she has created give accurate financial predictions, aiding him in his competition with a pretentious but popular rival (Thomas Haden Church). Director Karey Kirkpatrick’s timely and charming comic fantasy, which also features […]
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By Fr. Brian Bashista
The Year for Priests called for by Pope Benedict XVI begins June 19, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, and is dedicated in a special way to St. John Vianney, the Curé of Ars, 150 years after the saint’s death. In light of this and the diaconate and priesthood ordinations that occurred in our diocese […]
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By Fr. Brian Bashista
This past Saturday, the Arlington Diocese was blessed to witness the ordination of three men being ordained to the transitional diaconate. This coming Saturday, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde is to ordain three men to serve as our newest diocesan priests. In light of these grace-filled events, this is a welcomed opportunity to share some […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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