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Altar servers from parishes across the diocese gathered July 9 at St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax for the annual Battle of the Servers.
7/10/26
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Catholic Herald Staff Report
Altar servers from parishes across the diocese gathered July 9 at St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax for the annual Battle of the Servers.
7/10/26
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Police are conducting a murder investigation into the death of long-serving British Catholic politician Ann Widdecombe, authorities said July 10, one day after her death at 78.
7/10/26
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Police are conducting a murder investigation into the death of long-serving British Catholic politician Ann Widdecombe, authorities said July 10, one day after her death at 78.
7/10/26
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The school year carries me. It’s not always graceful, but the structure is there: the early mornings, the carpool, the rhythm that tells me where I am in the day.
7/10/26
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The school year carries me. It’s not always graceful, but the structure is there: the early mornings, the carpool, the rhythm that tells me where I am in the day.
7/10/26
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Catholic Herald Staff Report
Capture Joy Photography, a local portrait studio owned by Joy Granados, announced a public community art project to feature child portraits in honor of National Adoption Awareness Month.
7/9/26
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Catholic Herald Staff Report
Capture Joy Photography, a local portrait studio owned by Joy Granados, announced a public community art project to feature child portraits in honor of National Adoption Awareness Month.
7/9/26
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Franciscan Father Thomas Bourque misses the multicultural community of St. Joseph Church in Herndon the most in retirement, which he started this month after serving as pastor for a decade.
7/9/26
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What began as a few young students gathered for schooltime prayer has grown into a ministry touching Marines deployed abroad amid tensions in the Middle East.
7/8/26
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“The loneliness was one of the hardest parts,” said Jared Plasberg, a 23-year-old who ran across the country from February to June to raise money for pregnant women in crisis.
7/7/26
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Pope Leo XIV said Christ remains the Church’s hope amid war, slavery, sin, and the wounds of history, urging Christians to learn from Jesus a “school of freedom” rooted in the cross.
7/6/26
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Pope Leo XIV said he was “honored” to accept the 2026 Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in livestreamed remarks delivered for the ceremony in Philadelphia July 3.
7/4/26
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One day after the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, or SSPX, consecrated four bishops without the permission of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican issued a decree declaring the excommunication of all bishops involved in the ceremony and stating that the group is in schism.
7/2/26
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Fr. Crépin Martial Monga, pastor of St. John the Baptist Zémio Parish in the Bangassou Diocese in the Central African Republic, was killed June 29 as he returned to his rectory.
7/2/26
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Books
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While many cookbooks focus on specific cuisines or meal types, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Kavanaugh No. 54, published “Table of Grace,” a curated collection of sacred traditions and recipes organized around the liturgical year.
6/24/26
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The Vatican has released a new documentary, “Leone a Roma,” about Pope Leo XIV’s early years in Rome before his election to the papacy.
7/2/26
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Art
The Kid’s Connection will capture the attention of your little ones. Click here to download the latest issue and please let us know on our social media if your kids succeed in solving it! We’d love to hear about it.
6/25/26
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