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By Anna Harvey
WorkCamp has restored Laura and Ken Miller’s faith in humanity. For more than a year, Laura has been homebound with stage five kidney disease and a broken foot, relying on Ken to help with everyday tasks. Following several upcoming surgeries on her kidneys and her foot, Laura would have to use a wheelchair but had […]
National
By Peter Pinedo
Thousands of Catholics and other Christians marched in a prayerful procession June 16 protesting the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring an anti-Catholic drag group called the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.” As thousands marched outside of Dodger Stadium, inside the stadium the Dodgers honored the drag group with a “Community Hero Award.” The recognition ceremony took place […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Religious Freedom Week affords us the opportunity to pray and reflect on the value of the right of religious freedom in our lives and to promote it in society. For us in the Diocese of Arlington, the timing is particularly meaningful as this week marks the feast day of St. Thomas More, the patron of […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — With a slightly quivering voice, before leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis thanked everyone who prayed for him and cared for him while he was in the hospital. Greeting an estimated 15,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square June 18, two days after he was released from Rome’s Gemelli […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Catholics need to recover a sense of awe and adoration before the Eucharist, knowing that it is “the real and loving presence of the Lord,” Pope Francis told members of the committees organizing the National Eucharistic Revival and the National Eucharistic Congress in the United States. Jesus spoke of himself as “the […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
On World Refugee Day, the Diocese of Arlington joins the international community in recognizing the plight of refugees and other displaced persons around the globe. Today there are 89 million men, women and children who have been forced from their homes, fleeing in search of a new life. The number is both astounding and heartbreaking. […]
National
By Kevin J. Jones
Franciscan priests will again serve as chaplains and ministers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland after their contract went unrenewed in favor of a private defense contractor, provoking an outcry from prominent Catholics. “Of course, it is a source of great joy that the Franciscans have returned to the medical center and […]
Global
By Susan Klemond
When Josephite Father Xavier Edet experiences dry or difficult moments in his spiritual and religious life, he turns to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. “In those moments when I go on my knees and embrace the Sacred Heart of Jesus, that is where I find consolation,” said Father Edet, who has been a priest in […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Today the nation celebrates Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the anniversary of the 1865 order, issued two months after the Civil War ended, that proclaimed the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas. This date marks another milestone in the demolition of an evil institution that held men, women and children in this country in […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
You also may want to send some congratulations my way. For what may be the first time in my 30-plus years of writing this column, I remembered to write about a special day in advance of that day, so that you could read about it in a timely manner. This, of course, is a difficult […]
