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By Anna Harvey
The Groveton parish in Alexandria is known for being welcoming, traditional, diverse and offering a robust Catholic education. The pastor, Father Keith M. O’Hare, summarized the past 75 years of parish life in these four key characteristics at an Aug. 24 Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge. Father O’Hare described the parish history in […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked Catholic bishops in the Middle East to always be "signs of hope, a presence that nurtures words and gestures of peace, brotherhood and respect."
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Working to turn migrants away from the prospect of peace and security in a new country is "a grave sin," Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — Pope Francis marked the feast of St. Monica by leaving the Vatican unannounced to pray at her tomb in the Rome basilica named after her son, St. Augustine. The afternoon of Aug. 27, “the memorial of St. Monica, Pope Francis went to St. Augustine’s Church in Rome, and paused in prayer in the […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — As the Catholic Church and Christians at large experience intense persecution in Nicaragua, Pope Francis expressed encouragement and support to the people living under the country's authoritarian regime.
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Christendom College in Front Royal began a new chapter with the Aug. 25 installation of George A. Harne as the college’s fourth president.
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian communication guru of the last century who was probably best known for saying, “The medium is the message.”
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — When Christians spend time with Jesus in adoration or receive him in the Eucharist, they cannot help but spread his love with others, Pope Francis said.
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Msgr. Frank J. Hendrick, who celebrated 70 years as a priest in May, died Aug. 23 in Pinehurst, N.C., at age 97. Frank Hendrick was born Nov. 2, 1926, in Richmond. He attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., and was ordained a priest by Richmond Bishop Peter L. Ireton May 8, 1954. He […]
National
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
It’s not every day that you see a Catholic priest working in the kitchen of a restaurant, but Father Leo Patalinghug isn’t your typical priest.
