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Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Jesus’ ascension shows that, despite the difficulties in peoples’ lives, they are all made for heaven, Pope Francis said. Reflecting May 12 on the Gospel reading from St. Mark, which recounts how Jesus “was taken up into heaven,” the pope said that Jesus’ ascension into heaven does not represent a detachment from […]
Global
By Georgena Habbaba
Construction is nearing completion on the St. Charbel Maronite Church in Doha, Qatar, with plans to open its doors to worshippers in 2025, coinciding with the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year, according to Father Charbel Mhanna from Qatar’s Maronite parish. In an interview, Father Mhanna explained that with a capacity of about 3,000 people, St. Charbel […]
Columns
By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
Each year, the Ascension of Jesus into heaven provides us with a deep mystery. It is a moment that, at least in terms of its impact on our lives as Christians, can be difficult to understand. It presents as a sort of logical end to the heroic story of Christ’s life. His work of dying […]
Global
By Abel Camasca
The diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the Servant of God Nino Baglieri has been closed in Modica, a town in southern Sicily. Overcoming his bitterness due to his quadriplegic condition, Baglieri gave himself to the mission of evangelizing through the means available to him. The closing of the diocesan phase, according to […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — For more than 700 years, the Catholic Church has celebrated “jubilee” or “holy” years as special times to renew people’s faith and experience God’s forgiveness, particularly by going on pilgrimage. The official Vatican website for the Holy Year 2025 — www.iubilaeum2025.va — says, “In 1300, Pope Boniface VIII called the first Jubilee, […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — “The time has come for a new Jubilee when once more the Holy Door will be flung open to invite everyone to an intense experience of the love of God that awakens in hearts the sure hope of salvation in Christ,” Pope Francis said in a document formally proclaiming the Holy Year […]
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Diocesan priests celebrating milestone ordination anniversaries gather with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde May 8 at the St. Thomas More Center in Arlington. They include (from left) Fr. Patrick Holroyd (50 years), Fr. Joseph An Quoc Dang (25), Fr. Brian Bashista (25), Fr. Gerald Weymes (50), Fr. John Heisler (25), […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — While the forces of a market economy may obstruct people from advancing social justice, society cannot remain mute in the face of unjust labor practices and exploitative economic structures, Pope Francis said. Modern society runs the risk of “passively accepting what happens around us with a certain indifference or because we are […]
Local
By Jim Hale
Diocesan seminarian John Murphy stood in the bright sun, looked at the courtyard full of eighth graders at All Saints Catholic School in Manassas, and remembered how his life changed when he was their age. “It was the first time I received a calling from Our Lord,” said Murphy, moments after attending the eighth-grade vocations […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish its new norms for the discernment of apparitions and other supernatural phenomena May 17, the Vatican press office said. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the dicastery, and Msgr. Armando Matteo, secretary of the doctrinal section of the dicastery, will present the […]
