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Schools
By Anna Harvey
More than a thousand diocesan educators from all corners of the Arlington diocese gathered for a morning of spiritual enrichment and celebration at the 12th annual Opening Mass for Catholic Educators at All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas Aug. 20.
Local
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge was invested as Conventual Chaplain ad honorem in the Order of Malta during a solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated Aug. 17 at St. Ambrose Church in Annandale. Concelebrants included Father Alexander Drummond, pastor of St. Michael Church in Annandale; Father Andrew Fisher, pastor of St. Ambrose; and Father Joseph Rampino, in residence […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — When receiving the Eucharist, Catholics should respond with gratitude and awe that Jesus offers himself as nourishment and salvation, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Mary is not a "motionless wax statue," but a disciple who wants to share the good news of Jesus with everyone and reaches out to help and comfort them, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — God will not judge people by how many university degrees they earned, but by how well they cared for the poor, Pope Francis told a group of priests and religious women. “The Lord won’t ask us, ‘What did you study?’ ‘How many degrees do you have?’ ‘How many works did you accomplish?’ […]
Parishes
By Anna Harvey
When the construction crew began renovations at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, they expected to find nothing more than dust and rubble behind the cathedral’s walls.
Local
By Kimberley Heatherington
WINCHESTER — Summer is mission trip season, which usually conjures up images of a few dozen Catholic teenagers and their chaperones practicing the corporal works of mercy in developing nations while simultaneously expanding their cultural horizons.
National
By Tyler Arnold
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement rejecting “false claims” that Catholic nonprofit organizations are complicit in human trafficking, smuggling, harboring, or child exploitation through the country’s southern border.
Global
By Andrés Henríquez
In a letter to his brothers and sisters in Christ, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, appealed for peace in the Holy Land and included a prayer to Our Lady on the feast of her Assumption to be recited by all Christians Aug. 15. Cardinal Pizzaballa said that “these days seem to be important” […]
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