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Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington has a new first: a bishop among its alumni.
Local
By Guadalupe Williamson
The mission of inclusion for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities is resonating more deeply than ever across the Arlington diocese as Porto Charities celebrated its annual Embrace Gala.
Schools
By JULIA DeJAK
If one day an F-35A fighter jet soars by, there is a chance that William Popp will be behind the controls.
This dream is not out of the realm of possibility for the newly licensed graduating senior from Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores.
National
By JEFFREY BRUNO
The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicked off in St. Augustine, Fla., May 24, as Catholics gathered for Pentecost Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche at Mission Nombre de Dios.
Pope Leo XIV
By Hannah Brockhaus
In his encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas,” published May 25, Pope Leo XIV calls on society and AI developers to implement “shared standards of social justice” in order for artificial intelligence to respect human dignity and serve the common good.
Pope Leo XIV
By Antonio Tarallo
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV marked Pentecost Sunday with a plea for peace, praying that the Holy Spirit would save the world “from the evil of war” and renew the church in its mission to transform confusion into communion.
National
By Daniel Payne
Bishop John Ricard, who led the National Black Catholic Congress for three decades and served as a bishop in two U.S. dioceses, died May 20 at 86.
Columns
By Fr. Jack Peterson
The redemptive work of Christ was not complete until the new outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Jesus had spoken of this promised gift very directly and intentionally toward the end of his earthly journey.
National
By Tessa Gervasini
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City is set to deliver his first remarks as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops before bishops consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in June.
Pope Leo XIV
By Victoria Cardiel
Pope Leo XIV said May 20 that the liturgy occupies a central place in the life of the church, since it “touches the very heart” of the mystery of Christ — because it is “at once the space, the time, and the context” in which the church receives from him “her very life.”
