Catholic Review
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Filed Under: Evangelization, News, World News
The estimated 600 to 700 people at the 22nd Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception May 3 came from several different states and with family roots in many different countries, all united in faith for a single purpose.
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Catholic Standard
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom
A major milestone for the Brick Chapel – a landmark of faith that symbolizes Maryland’s status as a birthplace of religious freedom in the United States – unfolded that day, as the chapel’s interior features were unveiled, culminating more than four decades of historical research, archaeological excavation and painstaking reconstruction work.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, World News
When Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory became the first African American cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church Nov. 28, 2020, some of his thoughts were far from Rome while he received his red hat during the consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, World News
A scholar who has written about the moral implications of atomic weapons and now is writing a book on the historic legacy of faith of Catholics of Nagasaki, Japan, is leading the Nagasaki Bell Project.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Sports, World News
The most decorated U.S. female Olympian in history, Ledecky paid a visit Oct. 22 to her high school alma mater, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, to show students her medals and to talk about her Olympic experiences.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News
In the majestic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington during an Oct. 16 celebration of life for Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the singer Stevie Wonder honored his friend by singing the Our Father accompanied by a harpist, and then leading the congregation in a rousing version of “Isn’t She Lovely.”
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News
Besides the Washington Archdiocese, other U.S. archdioceses have seen record ordination classes this spring, including the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, with 13 new priests, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles with 11 and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee with nine.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News
The Eucharist reflects God’s steadfast friendship and “journey of love” with his people, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said in his homily at the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Mass June 9 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News
The Mass at the center’s St. Francis Deaf Catholic Church was celebrated in conjunction with May as Mental Health Awareness Month. It also came ahead of the May 15 feast day of St. Dymphna, a 17th-century Irish teen saint who is the patron saint of people experiencing mental health challenges and nervous or emotional distress.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News
Addressing the John Carroll Society at its April 13 annual awards dinner in Washington, Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly underscored something that Pope Francis once told him, that the laity have a co-responsibility along with the clergy for the mission of the Catholic Church.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News
In the nation’s capital — where stress, anxiety and mental health challenges sometimes impact the lives and work of those in government service, in legal and other professions, and individuals and families — St. Joseph Church on Capitol Hill hosted a “Come as You Are” Holy Week Prayer Service for Mental Health March 26.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News
The Nativity — the gift of Jesus to the world on Christmas — was brought to life in a poignant way Dec. 24 during a living Nativity outside St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring.
