VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, as he presided over the funeral of the pope, who died April 21 at the age of 88. And the people — an estimated 200,000 of them […]
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A rare exhibit of the Holy Tunic of Christ — believed to be the garment worn by Jesus during his Passion — is drawing unprecedented crowds to the Basilica of Saint-Denis in Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris.
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VATICAN CITY — After an estimated 250,000 people had passed by the body of Pope Francis, lying in an open casket in front of the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, the casket was sealed in a private ceremony. Inside the casket was a scroll that summarized the life and ministry of the pope, who […]
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“From the very first moment he appeared at the balcony and was introduced to the world as the successor to St. Peter, we saw the humility of Pope Francis,” Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said during a Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington April 23.
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On a sunny morning during Holy Week, students at St. Rita Catholic School in Alexandria gathered in small groups to learn about and venerate a first-class relic of soon-to-be-saint Carlo Acutis. They also viewed his poster display, “The Eucharistic Miracles of the World,” part of the project Acutis completed just before his death.
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As Holy Thursday evening Masses concluded throughout the Arlington diocese April 17, Catholics quietly sojourned to seven churches, visiting Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for the Seven Churches Pilgrimage.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, as he presided over the funeral of the pope, who died April 21 at the age of 88. And the people — an estimated 200,000 of them […]
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VATICAN CITY — Given the late Pope Francis' care and concern for the poor, a representative group of them has been formally invited to welcome his casket to Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major for burial.
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VATICAN CITY — After the casket bearing Pope Francis' body was placed in St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of mourners lined up to pay their respects.
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VATICAN CITY — In the first nine hours that Pope Francis’ body had lain in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, more than 19,000 people stood in line for hours in the sun to pray and pay homage to him. The doors of the basilica opened to the public a little after 11 a.m. local time […]
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The St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington and the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy are cosponsoring a temporary exhibit on the message of Divine Mercy at the shrine through June 8.
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VATICAN CITY — A new bronze sculpture installed in St. Peter's Square, near the showers and medical clinic the Vatican runs for people in need, invites visitors to reflect on the sacredness of welcoming others, especially the marginalized.
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Today, the United States still endures the spiritual wound of racism, said director David Michael Warren to a packed movie theater March 30. “So, if we want to end racism, if we want to end prejudice, if we want to end injustice … run to the Eucharist.” Warren directed and released his 2022 film, “A […]
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