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By Leslie Miller
For Dr. John Bruchalski, founder of one of the largest pro-life women’s clinics in the nation, a new chapter is beginning. Almost 30 years after opening Tepeyac OB/GYN in Fairfax, and then its fundraising and education arm, Divine Mercy Care, Bruchalski received one of the nation’s most prestigious pro-life awards April 23 at the University […]
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VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state and former dean of the College of Cardinals, died in Rome May 27 at the age of 94. According to Vatican News, Cardinal Sodano had been hospitalized since early May for treatment for pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19. Pope John Paul named Cardinal […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The COVID-19 pandemic not only caused a one-year delay in holding the World Meeting of Families, it also prompted a look at new ways to involve Catholic families from around the world and to ensure that they take the lead in ministering to each other. Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Dicastery for […]
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By Jan Kilby
SAN ANTONIO — Those finding themselves between hurt and hope in difficult times need help. This has been the case in Uvalde, Texas, since a mass shooting May 24 at Robb Elementary School took the lives of 19 children and two teachers. Another 17 were injured, and according to news reports, six remained hospitalized as […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
After setting white flowers at a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, Pope Francis prayed the rosary and asked Mary to intercede to bring peace to Ukraine and to every place in the world torn by violent conflict.
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Pope Francis announced he will create 21 new cardinals Aug. 27, including 68-year-old Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, Calif.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A burglar cut through a metal protective casing to steal a historic tabernacle valued at $2 million at a Brooklyn Catholic church. In the course of the crime, angel statues flanking the tabernacle were decapitated, and consecrated hosts from inside the tabernacle were thrown all over the altar, according to a Brooklyn diocesan […]
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By Meghan Bartlett
Deacon Peter Clem grew up in a military family, moving around Virginia, and at one point to Washington state, based on his father’s assignments in the U.S. Navy. When he would come back to Northern Virginia to visit his grandparents, he witnessed the community of the Youth Apostles, a nonprofit his grandfather was involved in. […]
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By Meghan Bartlett
Deacon Philip Briggs first felt the call to the priesthood in high school. The teen grew up in Front Royal, a parishioner of St. John the Baptist Church, where he had easy access to daily Mass at Human Life International and Christendom College, where his father worked. One of nine siblings, he was homeschooled through […]
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By Tonny Onyulo
Tens of thousands of residents have been displaced due to the ongoing conflict in the West African nation of more than 20 million people.
