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‘Quirky Catholic Kids’
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (220+ words) What is your home parish, and how did you become affiliated with the Arlington diocese? Professionally, I taught English at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly until our first daughter was born, and my husband was the director…...
Order of Malta hosts Mass and Anointing of the Sick
2+ hour ago (292+ words) Larry Redmon, a Knight of the Order of Malta, reads Scripture during the Mass for Anointing of the Sick at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington March 15, 2026. COURTESY Fr. Joseph Rampino, in residence at Blessed Sacrament Church in…...
Men’s conference draws strength from American Catholic titans
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (670+ words) Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director of EWTN News, speaks to 400 attendees of the diocesan men's conference at St. Joseph Church in Herndon March 7. JIM HALE | CATHOLIC HERALD Fr. Stanley "Luke" Poczatek, parochial vicar of St. Louis Church in…...
A spiritually fruitful Lent with two popes named Leo
1+ week, 4+ day ago (337+ words) As we journey together through the sacred season of Lent, we are reminded that each of us will one day be judged justly and mercifully by God. Although we often think of Lent in terms of activities or habits from…...
Bishop Burbidge visits during a Blue Ribbon year for St. Mark School
1+ week, 5+ day ago (166+ words) Bishop Michael F. Burbidge chats with altar servers (from left) Harrison Meyers, Caroline Root, Eli Alexandrow and Quinlan Corridan before Mass at St. Mark Church in Vienna Feb. 27. Courtesy Bishop Michael F. Burbidge chats eighth grade students at St. Mark School, which…...
In gratitude for Msgr. Stanley Krempa
1+ week, 5+ day ago (640+ words) Msgr. Stanley J. Krempa's walker rests against a rental car as he hears the author's confession in the parking lot outside the retired priest's apartment. COURTESY My spiritual advisor and dear friend, Msgr. Stanley J. Krempa passed away Feb. 28. Please pray for…...
Clergy appointment
1+ week, 5+ day ago (43+ words) Clergy appointment'Arlington Catholic Herald Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointment: Reverend Marcos A. Hernandez " from ministry outside the Diocese of Arlington to Parochial Vicar at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Falls Church, effective…...
Pope Leo XIV explains the church’s ‘human and divine dimensions’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (763+ words) Pope Leo XIV leads the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square March 4, 2026. (Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV said March 4 that the church cannot be understood solely from a human perspective but rather as the fruit…...
Why do the bones of St. Francis draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims?
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (694+ words) ROME " Eight hundred years after his death, the bones of St. Francis of Assisi have been placed on public display for the first extended public viewing in history, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to the hilltop town. As of…...
Doors at the entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre removed for restoration
2+ week, 3+ day ago (476+ words) The entrance with one of the doors already removed from the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. (Tierrasanta.net) The monumental wooden doors at the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, one of the holiest sites for…...