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By Leslie Miller
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge reached out to parishioners of a Reston church over the holiday weekend, in the wake of a vandalism incident two days after the Supreme Court’s ruling June 24 overturning Roe v. Wade. Several other faith communities also expressed their support for the parish. “I was deeply saddened and concerned when I […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ of Saint John Neumann Catholic Church, I was deeply saddened and concerned when I learned of the shocking vandalism and arson that occurred on your parish campus last weekend. As you know, police are still investigating these acts of hatred in order to determine who was responsible. We know […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
The Fourth of July is traditionally celebrated with family events, picnics and fireworks. After a two-year hiatus in which these events were either canceled or curtailed due to COVID, we realized that for too long we took for granted these Independence Day celebrations—and the reason they exist. This week, reflect on why we have the freedoms that […]
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By Mary Brodeur
Receive the gift you are Realize the gifts you’ve been given Respond with the gift that only you can give Each year, the GIVEN Institute (GIVEN) hosts a national Catholic Women’s Leadership Forum anchored in these key themes. Since the inaugural forum in 2016, GIVEN has helped to form hundreds of young adult Catholic women, […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election. In an interview with Argentine news agency Telam published July 1, the pope said that objectives, such as the reform […]
National
By Katie Peterson
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With the reversal of Roe, Judy Orr, executive director of Catholic Charities in the Nashville Diocese, and the agency’s adoption and pregnancy counseling staff expect an uptick in the need for those services. “Our society is going to be compelled to provide more compassion and support for mothers who do not want […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — The chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees are raising concerns over a proposed rule to revise regulations governing the 50-year-old Title IX law that promotes women’s equality and opportunity in schools and colleges. The proposed revisions, released June 23 by the Department of Education, would enshrine the rights of LGBTQ […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Catholic leaders praised the Supreme Court’s June 30 decision that gave the Biden administration the go-ahead to rescind a Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy requiring asylum-seekers at the southwest U.S. border to wait in Mexico for their asylum hearings. The 5-4 decision in Biden v. Texas was written by Chief Justice John […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Interreligious dialogue is key to preventing “the extremism that, sadly, is a pathology that can appear also in religions,” Pope Francis said in a message to members of a Jewish group engaged in dialogue for more than 50 years. The pope had been scheduled to meet June 30 with members of the […]
National
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court ruled June 24 that there is no constitutional right to abortion, the historic decision came a day before what would have been the 98th birthday of Nellie Gray, founder of the March for Life. The march — which Gray, a Texas-born government lawyer, founded in 1974 to mark the […]
