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By Kathleen Goss
What does it sound like when more than 1,100 middle schoolers from 49 parishes play a sit-stand game of “Would you rather” or clap and cheer for Bishop Michael F. Burbidge? Loud and joyfully exuberant.
Pope Leo XIV
By Ishmael Adibuah
Pope Leo XIV met with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, at the Vatican April 27. Archbishop Mullally's first official visit to Rome as the spiritual leader of the Church of England comes amid strained ecumenical relations and division among Anglicans.
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U.S. bishops said violence is never the answer after a shooter breached the hotel hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington and injured a Secret Service agent April 25.
Pope Leo XIV
By Victoria Cardiel
Pope Leo XIV ordained 10 new priests in St. Peter’s Basilica April 26, urging them to keep the doors of the church open and to remember that their mission is to welcome, not to exclude.
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By Fr. Jack Peterson
One of the more powerful realities in life is when someone special calls you by name.
I remember well a moment during my senior year at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington that was rather extraordinary to me.
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By Katie Hofer
“The Legacy of Vatican II,” a new series of talks presented by the diocesan office of faith formation, began April 18 at the parish center at St. Agnes Church in Arlington. Inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s latest catechesis on the Second Vatican Council, the series aims to unpack its history and teachings, now 60 years after its conclusion.
Pope Leo XIV
By Marco Mancini and Veronica Giacometti
Pope Leo XIV celebrated the final Mass of his Africa trip April 23, urging the church in Equatorial Guinea to continue proclaiming the Gospel “with passion” and to bear witness through lives shaped by faith, service and solidarity.
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By Leslie Thomas
As the sun cast a golden glow over the grounds of the State Capitol in Richmond on the morning of March 22, a quiet anticipation gave way to a powerful witness.
Pope Leo XIV
By Tessa Gervasini
Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost and his older brothers John and Louis grew up living “normal” lives like any other family. Life was “like anyone else's,” John Prevost said in an April 17 interview with “EWTN News In Depth.”
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For more than 40 years, Father McGuill ministered to families at Arlington National Cemetery, presiding over military funerals.
