Arlington Catholic Herald
Oct 3, 2024 · Catholic Herald Staff Report. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge encouraged Virginia Catholics to persevere in advocating for life at every stage during the annual Mass for Respect Life at St. Ambrose Church in Annandale Oct. 6. “Throughout October, Respect Life Month, we celebrate God as the source of all life,” said Bishop Burbidge.
Mission accomplished: Pope to declare 14 new saints
21 hours ago · The 2024 celebration of World Mission Sunday Oct. 20 will be no different. Pope Francis is scheduled to declare saints: Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, founder of the Consolata Missionaries; eight Franciscan friars and three Maronite laymen who were martyred in Syria in 1860; Canada-born Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters ...
Annual Mass celebrates Catholics with disabilities
24 minutes ago · Smiles abounded as Catholics from around the diocese greeted each other just before the annual Mass for Persons with Disabilities Oct. 13. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge concelebrated the Mass at St. Mark Church in Vienna with Father Peter W. Nassetta, pastor, among others. Catholics of all abilities served as greeters, lectors and gift bearers.
D.C. cardinal urges prayer, reflection before November elections
21 hours ago · Cardinal Gregory spoke to Catholic News Service Oct. 15 while at the Vatican for the meeting of the Synod of Bishops. Other members of the synod from around the globe have mentioned the election to him, he said. “They know that I’m the archbishop of our nation’s capital. They suspect that some of these issues that are on the national ...
Columns - Arlington Catholic Herald
Oct 3, 2024 · By Elizabeth Foss. The most important relationship in your life is the one you have with Jesus. Close behind that relationship is the one you have with yourself. Both require stillness. Silence. Rest. You cannot hear our Lord over the din of an overly busy life, nor can you hear yourself think. We struggle to still ourselves, to quiet ourselves ...
Pope calls for Mideast cease-fire; prays for peace in Ukraine, Haiti ...
21 hours ago · Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, the pope’s envoy for peace in Ukraine, arrived in Moscow Oct. 14 to speak with government officials “to facilitate the family reunification of Ukrainian children” forcibly taken to Russia and about “the exchange of prisoners, with a view to achieving the much hoped-for peace,” said Matteo ...
U.S. cardinals meet privately with pope to discuss synodality
4 days ago · 10/11/24. Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., speaks at a press briefing on the synod at the Vatican Oct. 11. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) VATICAN CITY — Three U.S. cardinals attending the synod on synodality met privately with Pope Francis to speak more in-depth about synodality and the process of discernment, said Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin ...
The Catholic Herald launches a new, more intuitive website
Mar 8, 2022 · The Catholic Herald launched a new website March 9 at catholicherald.com, and I invite you to take a look.. This marks the first significant redesign of our publication’s primary online presence in five years. In undertaking it, we sought to preserve what worked well in the previous website — such as prioritizing local Catholic news that is most valued by readers — while introducing ...
Holy Family - Arlington Catholic Herald
Dec 30, 2023 · The solemnity of the Holy Family, which most appropriately falls within the Octave of Christmas, gives us a chance to pause during our holiday celebrations and prayerfully ponder the supreme importance of the family. Genesis, the first book of the Bible, reveals fundamental truths about God’s plan for human beings as the very pinnacle of his ...
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