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Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and Bishop Barry C. Knestout
Throughout our Commonwealth, many have been following closely the intense and rapidly moving debates on resolutions proposing to amend Virginia’s constitution by adding an extreme and deadly “right to abortion” amendment (HJ 1/SJ 247), repealing the one-man/one-woman marriage provision approved by Virginia voters in 2006 (HJ 9/SJ 249), and guaranteeing the restoration of voting rights to all who have completed their sentences (HJ 2/SJ 248).
Local
Joe Shircliff, a parishioner of St. Patrick Church in Fredericksburg along with his siblings and parents, Rob and Erin, died Jan. 18 from complications following a tonsillectomy performed Jan. 13, the family said on social media. He was 8 years old.
Art
Local
Youths throughout the diocese have expressed their commitment to respecting and protecting human life in the recent Youth Apostles Pro-life Multimedia Contest. Some 232 participants competed in six media categories: essays, posters, PowerPoints, memes, spoken word and videos.
National
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori helped the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton open a new exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of its patron’s canonization with a Mass Jan. 4, her feast day.
Parishes
What’s distinctive about your parish? Originally founded in 1890, St. Paul Mission today has a brand-new, beautiful, country-style Catholic church, dedicated in March 2022.
We are located in Hague, part of Virginia’s Northern Neck peninsular region, where the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers meet the Chesapeake Bay.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told U.S. President Donald Trump he hoped that the nation would prosper under his leadership and make no room for hatred, discrimination or exclusion.
Pope Francis
By Kristina Millare
Pope Francis thanked the mediators who brokered the latest ceasefire deal in Gaza Jan. 19.
Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in Italy the traditional date to pray for the protection of one's pets and livestock is Jan. 17 — the feast of St. Anthony the Abbot.
Local
By Jim Hale
Moments after the Mass in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington Jan. 5, Kristin Young shared what it meant to her. “I’m always so appreciative of the bishop celebrating our history,” said Young, a trustee of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Peter Claver […]
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