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New film ‘Unsung Hero’ emphasizes the ‘power of family’

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

St. Teresa of Calcutta once said: “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” Her words appear at the end of the new movie “Unsung Hero,” which tells the true story of the Smallbone family, widely recognized in the music industry for brothers Luke and Joel Smallbone of the Grammy-award-winning …

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4/22/24

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Cardinal Raymond Burke speaks at Christendom College symposium in Front Royal

Special to the Catholic Herald

A graduate school symposium features Cardinal Raymond Burke and other theologians.

4/22/24

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Pope’s representative to U.S. warns of ‘auto-referential’ church

By Justin McLellan

ROME — The Catholic Church in the United States is grappling with a tendency to become more “auto-referential” and withdraw itself from the international stage and universal church, Pope Francis’ representative to the United States said. Speaking with Catholic News Service before formally taking possession of his titular church in Rome April 21, Cardinal Christophe …

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4/22/24

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Jesus laid down his life out of love for each person, pope says

By Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — When Jesus called himself the “good shepherd,” he was telling people not only that he was their guide, but that they were important to him and “that he thinks of each of us as the love of his life,” Pope Francis said. “Consider this: for Christ, I am important, he thinks of …

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4/22/24

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‘Nostalgia’ will not save monasteries from closing, pope says

By Justin McLellan

VATICAN CITY — Longing for the past will not save contemplative religious orders from closing their monasteries or experiencing shifts in vocations, Pope Francis said. Discerning how to adapt the structures of a centuries-old religious order to the modern age “means not relying solely on human strategies, defensive strategies, when it comes to reflecting on …

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4/22/24

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Clergy appointments

Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments:

4/22/24

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Local

New Pavilion Estates receive a blessing

Among rolling hills, lush green trees and flowers sits the new Pavilion Estates at Fairfax Memorial Park Cemetery in Fairfax. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blessed the cemetery addition April 16. Bishop Burbidge opened the ceremony by thanking the Fairfax Memorial Park staff and addressing those gathered. “It is a great honor, friends, to join you …

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4/18/24

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Parish launches jubilee evangelization campaign

Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls aspires to celebrate the silver anniversary of its parish next year with 25 new Catholic parishioners. Father Anthony J. Killian, pastor, announced the evangelization campaign in a message to parishioners that also celebrated adults recently welcomed into full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. …

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4/18/24

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Mercy and healing after abortion

Project Rachel Ministry leaders from across the country gathered outside Baltimore April 10-12 for training to develop their diocesan post-abortion healing ministries. Mass was offered by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge to open the conference. Abortions mean suffering, and Mary McClusky, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops’ assistant director of Project Rachel Development, is calling for …

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4/18/24

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Columns

The Good Shepherd

By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA

Mystery of the Mass

By Mary Beth Bonacci

Being the odd one out

By Elizabeth Foss

Gowns of grace, heaps of joy

By Christina Capecchi

National

Famed Catholic sculptor addresses Washington Legatus chapter

4/18/24

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Baltimore archbishop attends bankruptcy hearing, listens to testimony from abuse victims

4/11/24

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Baltimore archdiocese ministers to crew aboard ship involved with Key Bridge collapse

3/26/24

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Bishop Burbidge invites faithful to prayer as Supreme Court hears case on abortion drugs

3/26/24

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St. Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball team makes history, heads to NCAA tournament

3/22/24

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Spring semester: ‘School of Prayer’ now in session for Holy Year finals

VATICAN CITY — Every important journey should be preceded by adequate preparation, and the run-up to the Holy Year 2025 is no exception. Pope Francis asked Catholics to get ready for the jubilee journey with a Year of Prayer and now, a few months after the year was officially announced, a kind of prayer prep-school …

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4/18/24

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Path to sainthood begins for 13-year-old Filipina

The cause for canonization of 13-year-old Filipina Niña Ruíz-Abad was opened at the Cathedral of St. William the Hermit in Laoag City, Philippines, coinciding with Divine Mercy Sunday, April 7. The event marked the first step of a lengthy process of making Ruíz-Abad one of the youngest saints in history. Bishop Renato Mayugba of Laoag …

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4/18/24

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Ferrero Rocher: The chocolate inspired by Our Lady of Lourdes

Many know Ferrero Rocher for its popular hazelnut chocolates, but the company’s tie to Our Lady of Lourdes is lesser known. Michele Ferrero, the company’s founder and a devout Catholic, had a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and wanted to honor her through his work. It is reported that he named his company …

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4/17/24

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Seek contact with nature to change polluting lifestyles, pope says

VATICAN CITY — Humanity must have more direct contact with nature to counter the modern lifestyles that are destroying the planet, Pope Francis said. Respecting and loving the earth as well as seeking direct contact with nature “are values that we need so much today as we discover ourselves increasingly powerless before the consequences of …

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4/17/24

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Arts

Local author discusses Salesian spirituality

St. Francis de Sales Church in Kilmarnock hosted author Margaret Margeton April 10 to speak about what Catholics today can learn from the parish’s patron. Margeton, a longtime member of the St. Francis de Sales Association (also known as the Daughters of St. Francis de Sales), has written two books about the popular saint. Her …

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4/18/24

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Flannery O’Connor film shows ‘God can deliver his grace in any way’

A new film depicting the life of American writer Flannery O’Connor, whose work reflected her Catholic faith and frequently examined questions of faith, morality, and suffering, will be released in theaters May 3. The movie follows O’Connor as she struggles with a lupus diagnosis at age 24, the same disease that took her father’s life, …

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4/18/24

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The Kid’s Connection 04/04

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4/4/24

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Easter

Russell Shaw

Easter redemption

4/4/24

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New Catholics welcomed at Easter Vigil

4/2/24

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Easter Mass at expo center

4/2/24

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