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VATICAN CITY — Listening to others is the first essential ingredient of good communication and a condition of genuine dialogue, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY — Saying he was worried about Ukraine and how a possible Russian-Ukrainian conflict could spread, Pope Francis proclaimed Jan. 26 as a day of prayer for peace in Ukraine.
VATICAN CITY — Preaching long, spiritually empty homilies can reduce the Word of God to a mere set of abstract concepts that fail to awaken one's soul, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY — Amending a written statement made to a panel investigating clerical sexual abuse in his former Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, retired Pope Benedict XVI said he was present at a 1980 meeting to discuss the transfer of a priest accused of misconduct.
In 2019, Charleen Katra was living in Houston, working for the local diocese, when she read an article from the Arlington Catholic Herald about Bishop Michael F. Burbidge’s call for the church to be more inclusive of people with special needs.
WASHINGTON — The Catholic Church and its people stand ready not only to help expectant mothers bring their pregnancies to term but to assist women who have had abortions, said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge encouraged a large crowd including many young people at a Mass for the Gift of Human Life Jan. 21 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington.
In response to an executive order issued by Virginia’s new governor, the diocesan Office of Catholic Schools issued guidance Jan. 20 to pastors and school leaders regarding how they should approach mask-wearing in the classroom.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A new Knights of Columbus/Marist Poll shows that 71 percent of Americans support legal limits on abortion and a majority of Americans — 54 percent — oppose taxpayer funding of abortion.
