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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated an opening Mass for the Marymount School Leadership Program at the Sacred Heart of Mary Chapel in Arlington July 6.
“Maybe we should just cancel.” That was an option Jean Lupinacci, director of faith formation at St. Mark Church in Vienna, considered in April as she tried to plan vacation Bible school months out while the coronavirus pandemic left in-person events uncertain for the foreseeable future. As she discussed possibilities with her team of five catechists, the question came up, “Why don’t we think about doing it virtually?”
Solar panels now sit atop several parish schools, churches and gyms.
WASHINGTON — Three dozen faith-based organizations, including Catholic Relief Services, have asked Congress to immediately fund efforts to respond to the coronavirus pandemic around the world.
MEXICO CITY — Central America's bishops have urged their governments and people to join together to provide health care and protect lives as the COVID-19 pandemic heaps misery and economic consequences on one of the poorer parts of the hemisphere.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — By defacing and toppling a statue of St. Junipero Serra in Sacramento, protesters may have meant "to draw attention to the sorrowful, angry memories over California's past," but "this act of vandalism does little to build the future," Bishop Jaime Soto said July 5.
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Government-sponsored trafficking is "a perversion of any government's reason for existence," which is "to protect rights, not crush them," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during the release of the 20th annual Trafficking in Persons Report.
WASHINGTON — Many of the country's leading pro-life advocates said the U.S. Supreme Court's June 29 ruling striking down a Louisiana abortion law puts women's health in danger, allows subpar care of women and gives abortion clinics a pass on "commonsense regulations" for "the sake of profit."
NEW YORK (CNS) -- With Broadway theaters shuttered by the pandemic until at least the end of the year, what had been the hottest ticket in town becomes easily accessible via television. A taped 2016 performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical "Hamilton," directed by Thomas Kail, is streaming now on Disney+.
A farmer’s work
I recently witnessed a minor miracle in my parents’ backyard. After almost a decade of work, my dad finally got nice, green grass to grow in what had been a desert-dry bald spot for most of my childhood and beyond. It took years of cultivation, preparing soil and scattering seed, often with mixed results. But finally: success.