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Our churches must serve peace, Russian Orthodox leader tells cardinal

By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — The Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches should join efforts to promote peace before threats of a “major global armed conflict,” the head of the Russian Orthodox Church told Pope Francis’ envoy on a peace mission to Moscow. Meeting June 29 with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, sent by the pope on a two-part peace […]
Columns

Three more years

By Lucia A. Silecchia
As we celebrate Independence Day this year, I can’t help thinking that we are now in the three-year run-up to our nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026. In some ways, three years seems like a long time away.  Yet, if advancing years have taught me anything, it is that time passes far more quickly than I […]
Columnists

CDU at 40

By Russell Shaw
Forty years ago, Marianne Evans Mount had a bright idea. Why not a Catholic correspondence course in religious education? Four decades later, that idea has grown into a fully accredited, degree-granting institution — the Catholic Distance University — with an international student body, expanding curriculum, and big plans for the future. “We bring education directly […]
Columns

Priorities

By Fr. Rich Miserendino
Mt 10:37-42 July 2 Our Gospel reading for this Sunday is challenging, especially for those of us blessed with strong family ties. Often, the first love we really knew was that of our mom and dad. Yet, here is Jesus asking us to love him even more than family. That’s a hard saying. As a […]
Pope Francis

‘Real’ people with strength from God better than superheroes, pope says

By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Like every saint, St. Peter was not a superhero, he was just a real, imperfect person who generously said, “yes” to Jesus, Pope Francis said. “It appears that it is God who makes Peter strong with his grace, who unites us with his love, and forgives us with his mercy,” the pope […]
Pope Francis

Put preaching at center of the church, pope tells new archbishops

By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — In the mold of Sts. Peter and Paul, Catholics are called to be members of a church that constantly follows Jesus and proclaims his word by putting preaching at the center of its ministry, Pope Francis said. Dressed in red vestments to recall the apostles’ martyrdom, during his homily at a Mass […]
Local

St. Vincent de Paul loan program assists needy

By Kimberley Heatherington
Imagine yourself with less than $1,000 in savings. Suddenly, there’s an emergency: Your car breaks down; an unexpected medical expense is incurred. What do you do? Where do you go?  For too many, the answer might be a payday loan — a small dollar, high-cost form of borrowing that in Virginia, according to the Center […]
Bishop Burbidge

Bishops rebuke Catholic members of Congress on abortion

By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Bishops say members of Congress who recently invoked teachings of the Catholic faith itself as justifying abortion or supporting a supposed right to abortion grievously distort the faith.
Bishop Burbidge

Fourth of July

By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
The Fourth of July celebration represents the birth of our nation and is a day to reflect on our freedom. Our forefathers established a country founded on core principles, including the freedom to practice our faith. This right is vital to our daily lives and must never be taken for granted. Since 1776, our nation […]

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