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By Andrea Gagliarducci
The train between Przemysl, Poland, and Kyiv, Ukraine, travels for 10 hours at night and is packed with people. Przemysl, a small Polish town 15 kilometers (about nine miles) from the Polish-Ukrainian border, has faced a refugee emergency during the last few months of the war in Ukraine. It is estimated that 7 million people […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Vigilance is an essential part of the spiritual life because the devil will try to sneak in when one is not paying attention or, especially, when a Christian thinks he or she is making a lot of progress on the road to holiness, Pope Francis said. “When we trust too much in […]
Pope Francis
Dec. 13, 1969, just four days before his 33rd birthday, Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who today is Pope Francis — was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano, archbishop emeritus of Córdoba (Argentina). That Dec. 13, 53 years ago, was a Saturday, the eve of the Third Sunday of Advent. In the liturgy […]
Pope Francis
By Hannah Brockhaus
On the eve of the feast of St. Lucy, Pope Francis encouraged members of an association for the blind and visually impaired to follow the example of the young martyr by courageously standing up for the truth. “Lucy, a Syracusan martyr, reminds us by her example that the highest dignity of the human person consists […]
Local
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe was celebrated at parishes and schools across the Arlington diocese Dec. 12, including at Christ the Redeemer Church in Sterling, Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington and St. William of York Church in Stafford.
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Scythian members pray, play and fundraise to support Ukraine during the war.
Bishop Burbidge
BISHOP BURBIDGE’S STATEMENT Dec. 12, 2022, Scott Asalone, a former Capuchin priest who last served in the Diocese of Arlington 29 years ago, entered an Alford plea to a felony charge of sexual assault involving a minor. In an Alford plea, a defendant asserts his innocence but acknowledges that there is sufficient evidence to permit […]
National
By Peter Pinedo
When Caleb Williams stood up to the podium accept the Heisman Trophy Dec. 10, the University of Southern California (USC) quarterback gave credit to his Catholic education for showing him how to be a “man for others.” A graduate of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, Williams made clear that he has not forgotten his […]
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By Kevin Schweers
The most pressing task defenders of life face in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal is to transform hearts, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said during his homily at the Mass for Giving Thanks for the Gift of Human Life Dec. 10 at St. Louis Church in Alexandria. While Bishop Burbidge regularly celebrates pro-life Masses […]
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By Leslie Miller
The Benedictine Sisters of Virginia have moved into their long-awaited new monastery — a bright, fresh and welcoming space with curving walls and wide windows that look out on 80 acres of God’s creation. The new 40,000-square-foot monastery has been in the works for several years; the sisters were finally able to move in […]
