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Bishop Burbidge
With all the faithful throughout the Diocese of Arlington, I offer my prayers and condolences to the people of Nashville who are grieving the tragic deaths of six individuals at Covenant School. This horrific shooting is yet another reminder of the presence of evil in our world and the role we each must play in […]
Local
By Ana Lucia Batista
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Mass on the 25th anniversary of Bishop John R. Keating’s death at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington March 22. Family members of Bishop Keating joined via livestream. Bishop Keating was appointed the second bishop of Arlington by Pope John Paul II June 7, 1983, and was consecrated […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ message of hope for humanity will be shot into earth’s orbit as a “nanobook” embedded inside a small satellite and his words will also be transmitted back to earth each day for ham radio reception. The new space mission, called “Spei Satelles,” is being promoted by the Dicastery for Communication […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Jesus can offer everyone hope and new life, Pope Francis said. “Let yourself be pulled out” by Jesus during “these bad moments that happen to us all,” the pope said before praying the Angelus with some 35,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter’s Square March 26. In his talk, Pope Francis reflected on […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or the cover up of abuse, specifying that the leaders of Vatican-recognized international Catholic lay associations and movements have the same responsibilities over their members that a bishop has over the priests of his diocese. The updated version of “Vos […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of five women and a priest. The pope March 23 signed decrees recognizing that each of the six candidates heroically lived the Christian virtues. Beatification will require a miracle attributed to the candidate’s intercession, and canonization — a declaration of sainthood — will require an […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The desecrated face of a statue of the crucified Christ in a Jerusalem church should move Catholics around the world “to recognize the pain of so many of our brothers and sisters” in the Holy Land, who have experienced the tragedy of violence and natural disasters, said a top Vatican official. Archbishop […]
Local
Spotlight on the Arts Summer Camps will be held July 10-21 in Burke and Manassas. Founded in 2004 by Rob Tessier, director of Youth Ministry including Young Adults and Theatre at All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas, the camps provide children with training in theatre and art. The goal of the Spotlight team is to […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — Amid the remains of a pagan temple on an island in the Tiber River hangs a red chasuble worn by St. Oscar Romero of San Salvador. Nearby there is a relic of Blessed Stanley Rother, an Oklahoma priest shot in Guatemala in 1981, and a jagged rock used by the Polish security police […]
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