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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Before celebrating the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis is asking Catholics around the world to dedicate time in 2023 to studying the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Presenting the official logo for the Holy Year June 28, Archbishop Rino Fisichella also announced the pope’s plan for helping Catholics prepare for the […]
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By Zoey Maraist
The Arlington diocese, in preparation for its 50th anniversary, is marking this year with the theme “Remember,” reflecting on the Eucharist and Christ’s words during the Last Supper: “Do this in remembrance of me.”
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis again pleaded for an end to hostilities in Ukraine after missiles struck a shopping center filled with people. “I carry in my heart every day the dear and tormented Ukraine, which continues to be scourged by barbaric attacks, like the one that struck the Kremenchuk shopping center,” the pope said […]
Global
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, will expand its coverage in a new monthly edition that will give a voice to the poor and the homeless, the Dicastery for Communication said. The first copies of “L’Osservatore di Strada,” the newspaper’s “street” edition, will make its debut June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter […]
Local
By Leslie Miller
To say Bill Klimon likes books would be an understatement. He usually spends a few hours a week checking out garage sales, estate sales and thrift shops, where he picks up tomes about the lives of saints, Catholic apologetics, church history, and coffee table books featuring religious art and church architecture. “I’ve always been a […]
National
By Catholic News Service
SAN ANTONIO — The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead as well as more than a dozen survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck. Authorities said June 28 the death toll rose overnight to 50. Originally, first responders pulled 16 people — 12 adults and four […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Whether resting, traveling, working, serving others or going on a retreat, when students use their school breaks well, they are on the path to greater maturity, Pope Francis said. “Besides recreation and rest, I know that some of you use this time to offer help voluntarily in solidarity initiatives; others devote themselves […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Although he postponed his own trip to Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Pietro Parolin, his secretary of state, to visit the two countries July 1-8, the Vatican press office said. Pope Francis had been scheduled to visit Kinshasa and Goma, Congo, July 2-5 and to make an ecumenical […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 vote June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a former high school football coach had the right to pray on the football field after games because his prayers were private speech and did not represent the public school’s endorsement of religion. “The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel […]
Local
By ZOEY MARAIST and ANNA HARVEY
More than 600 teens participated in the annual service-oriented youth ministry event.
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