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This week we remember in a special way refugees from around the world, particularly on June 20, a date designated as World Refugee Day by the United Nations. This observance is an opportunity for all of us to pray, support and welcome men, women and children who have been forced to flee their homelands because of war, persecution, environmental catastrophes or violations of their human rights.
The Day of Sanctification for the Clergy will be celebrated June 19 on the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The event is an invitation to Catholics to pray for priests — a suggested prayer is St. Therese of Lisieux’s Prayer for Priests.
On June 22, the feasts of two martyrs for the faith, St. Thomas More, the patron of our diocese, and St. John Fisher, the Diocese of Arlington will join the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in celebrating Religious Freedom Week.
Some Communicants prepare to receive the sacrament as Virginia begins to reopen.
VATICAN CITY — True believers do not condemn people for their sins or shortcomings but intercede on their behalf with God through prayer, Pope Francis said.
WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 vote June 15, the Supreme Court said LGBT people are protected from job discrimination by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, will be beatified in October, the Diocese of Assisi announced.
Although a Harvard law school professor’s recent proposal that home-schooling children be banned provoked a predictable hornets’ nest of justifiably outraged responses, the article by Professor Elizabeth Bartholet nevertheless served two useful purposes that make it worth recalling even now.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge speaks of Jesus, joy and justice at the ordination of four transitional deacons.
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments, effective July 22, 2020:
