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By Jay Sorgi
God doesn’t typically answer life-discernment questions in one fell swoop. The answers may take decades — particularly when the questions grow from a seed planted in childhood.
Pope Leo XIV
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Jesus is always walking alongside everyone, no matter how mundane or precarious their journey, Pope Leo XIV said.
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The diocesan Office of Communications recently launched a free digital learning platform intended to help the everyday Catholic embrace the call to be a disciple of Jesus.
Columns
By Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer
The history of our nation confirms that faith has always played a vital role in shaping our leaders and guiding our political and social life.
Local
Jenkins had a 32-year career with the U.S. Capitol Hill Police, and furthered his education by earning an associate’s degree in accounting from George Washington University in 1971. The highlight of his college experience was meeting the love of his life, Dianne Chambers. They married Sept. 22, 1973, in Arlington.
Parishes
By Anna Donofrio
Bratwursts sizzled on the grill, root beer poured from a keg, and a German band struck up a lively “oom-pah-pah” — the Basilica of St. Mary’s annual Oktoberfest had begun. But this year’s fest was no ordinary autumnal celebration.
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Our Lord spoke these words toward the end of Matthew’s Gospel in a parable which addresses the judgment of the nations and the criterion for this judgment.
Pope Leo XIV
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions is an opportunity to remind all Catholics that the duty to welcome and assist migrants is also part of each person's obligation to share God's love, Pope Leo XIV said.
Global
VATICAN CITY — Loving someone who is sick requires "concrete gestures of closeness," just like that shown in the Gospel story of the Samaritan who helps the person beaten by thieves, said a Vatican office.
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