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By Catholic News Service
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the coup last year, said a new report by the United Nations. The U.N. Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar said in its annual report Aug. 9 that sexual and gender-based crimes, including rape and other forms of […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The passing of time in one’s life is meant to be lived as a God-given grace and not a meaningless pursuit to preserve one’s youthfulness, Pope Francis said. Men and women are “apprentices of life” who amid trials and tribulations “learn to appreciate God’s gift, honoring the responsibility of sharing it and […]
Movies
By John Mulderig
NEW YORK – Director Ron Howard provides an understated chronicle of heroic real-life events in the absorbing dramatization “Thirteen Lives” (MGM/Amazon Prime). While a bit of off-color dialogue precludes endorsement for young viewers, the value of the film’s portrait of humanity at its best makes it acceptable for older adolescents. In June 2018, a group […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Christians must never give in to fear when evangelizing, especially when reaching out to those in need in the digital space, Pope Francis said. “Do not be afraid to make mistakes,” the pope said in a video message sent Aug. 6 to participants of Hechos 29, a youth conference in Monterrey, Mexico, […]
Local
By Leslie Miller
It’s not hard to find Rick Gibala on Sunday mornings: Just look up at the choir loft in the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, where he can usually be seen playing the organ and directing the choir. As director of music for the Cathedral of St. Thomas More and the diocese, Gibala, 75, […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Forty-eight years ago, the Arlington diocese came into being, its first bishop — Bishop Thomas J. Welsh — was installed, and the parish church of St. Thomas More in Arlington became the cathedral Aug. 13, 1974.
Local
By Leslie Miller
While most of the 70 parishes in the Arlington diocese are served by diocesan priests, nine are staffed by members of religious orders or institutes, which serve at the invitation of the bishop. Each order brings its own spiritual gifts, or charisms, inspired by its founders.
Arts
By Zoey Maraist
It began several years ago when Diane Waller saw a notice in the bulletin asking for a portrait of St. Francis de Sales as the parish had no image of its namesake.
Local
By Robert Corsi
Before June, the family had lived in a dilapidated trailer with leaks, mold and electrical issues. Through the efforts of the Knights of Columbus Father Sikora Council No. 7992 at Church of the Nativity in Burke, the family of five now lives in a 1,100-square-foot house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. For more than […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican reported that projections of an expected deficit of 33.4 million euros ($34 million) for 2021 ended in a shortfall of just 3.3 million euros ($3.36 million). “We are not looking for surpluses but for sustainability of the Holy See’s service,” Jesuit Father Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, prefect of the Secretariat […]
