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By Daniel Payne
Archdiocesan officials and local church leaders in Los Angeles are working to shelter and assist victims of the ongoing wildfires there as the blaze consumes entire neighborhoods and lays waste to significant portions of the suburban area.
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — While society is increasingly focused on pushing the limits of human achievement, it must not lose sight of its duty to protect the dignity of the vulnerable, especially children exploited by the "scourge of child labor," Pope Francis said.
Local
Benedictine Sister Andrea Verchuck died Jan. 6 at age 95 at St. Benedict Monastery in Bristow. Her life as a Benedictine Sister of Virginia was filled with joy for monastic life and zeal for God’s people.
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Thousands of our fellow citizens will travel to our nation’s capital this month for the 52nd National March for Life.
As the joyous presence of the faithful at last year’s March proved, Christians and people of goodwill cannot abandon our national advocacy for constitutional justice in upholding the human right to life for all.
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
With my brother priests and all the faithful in the Diocese of Arlington, I extend prayerful support to Cardinal Robert McElroy upon being named by Pope Francis as the Archbishop of Washington.
Global
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it. From Dec. 24, when the pope inaugurated the Holy Year, to Jan. 7, the Vatican said, 545,532 people from around the world have made the […]
National
By Matt McDonald
Cardinal Robert McElroy, the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., says he wishes success for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration but that he’ll be watching closely to see how Trump deals with immigrants who are in the country without legal status. “The Catholic Church teaches that a country has the right to control its borders. And […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, naming her prefect of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life. The 59-year-old Italian sister had served as secretary of the dicastery since October 2023. In […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — In a troubled world, the birth of Christ reveals God’s unwavering determination to draw all people to himself and illuminate even the darkest corners, Pope Francis said. Despite being born into a world “where there is a great need for light, for hope and a need for peace, a world where people […]
Baptism of the Lord