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By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s criminal court ordered two climate activists to pay more than $30,000 in damages after they glued themselves to an ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums to draw attention to the effects of climate change. The activists, Guido Viero, 62, and Ester Goffi, 26, were tried at the Vatican for an […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ message of hope for humanity encased in a small satellite blasted off into space June 12 and soon will beam his words back to Earth. “The ‘Spei Satelles’ mission successfully launched from the U.S. base in Vandenberg, Calif., and in the coming days, it plans to deploy the CubeSat into […]
Parishes
By Kevin Schweers
Nativity Catholic Church in Burke celebrated its 50th anniversary on the feast of Corpus Christi June 11 with a standing-room-only Mass and luncheon. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge was the principal celebrant and homilist for the Mass. He commended Father Bob Cilinski’s leadership as pastor, lauded the parish’s “vibrant and varied” 60-plus ministries dedicated to causes […]
Books
By Zoey Maraist
A young adult shares his journey out of darkness into forgiveness and faith.
Local
By Kevin Schweers
On a Thursday morning in January, the clergy and parishioners of Nativity Catholic Church in Burke rose to find the statues honoring the Virgin Mary’s apparitions in Fatima and her message of peace had experienced a disturbing act of violence. The figures of Our Lady of Fatima, Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia were toppled and decapitated, […]
Local
The Catholic Media Association bestowed 33 awards on the Catholic Herald and gave five awards to Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and other representatives of the Arlington diocese at the organization’s annual meeting in Baltimore June 9. CMA received more than 4,000 entries in the competition from throughout the U.S. and Canada for the 2022 calendar […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Fr. Moss was ordained a priest after years as an Opus Dei numerary.
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Parish-based ministry Gabriel Project continues to support mothers in need in the post-Dobbs era.
Columns
By David A. Palomares Sr.
After having completed the fall semester of post-graduate studies in theology and philosophy in 2013, I voluntarily scheduled a free medical checkup just prior to the church celebrating the birth of Christ. At the conclusion of the exam, the primary care physician turned to me and with satisfaction said, “I see no major health concerns!” […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
More than 1,000 gathered in Front Royal for the annual Diocesan Family Festival.
