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Jul 8

Archdiocese launches project to support parish food pantries providing frontline help during COVID-19 crisis

As July 4, 2020 dawned on a Saturday morning, many people slept in, and would later enjoy a relaxing day of cookouts and fireworks displays. But by 7 a.m. that morning, people impacted by the...

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2020 Golden Apple Award teachers

Ten Catholic school teachers from across the Archdiocese of Washington are receiving 2020 Golden Apple Awards for teaching...

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Sacred Heart teacher encourages students at his bilingual school to help make the world a better place
Jun 20
For Jill Rison of St. Mary’s School in Bryantown, Teacher Appreciation Week included a Golden Apple Award
Jun 17

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Flannery O’Connor documentary opening in mid-July at virtual theaters

“Flannery,” a documentary about the life and writings of Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor, opens in select virtual cinemas...

Jul 14
Bishops renew nuclear disarmament call as 1945 bombing anniversary nears
Jul 14
Fire ravages historic California mission, but community vows to rebuild
Jul 14

Pope ‘saddened’ by Turkish court ruling to turn Hagia Sophia into mosque

Pope Francis said he was saddened after a Turkish court ruled to revert the iconic Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque. While...

Jul 14

Archbishop Coakley says loans keep ‘essential ministries’ going during national emergency

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee said the federal emergency “bridge loans” that dioceses, parishes...

Jul 13

Amid unrest, some say Church can engage in fight against racism

Some bishops have denounced them. Others have embraced them. One held a sign with the words as he kneeled in a moment of prayer...

Jul 13

Survey of bishops reveals how pandemic has shaken diocesan, parish life

Nearly every bishop responding to a survey said the coronavirus pandemic has seriously affected the celebration of the...

Jul 13

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July 16 virtual pilgrimage to Lourdes to affirm prayer against COVID-19

Jul 10

Catholic universities oppose ICE guidance for international students

Jul 10

Kelly Branaman, interim superintendent of Catholic schools, working with task force on reopening schools

Jul 9

Government educational programs and Catholic schools partner for the benefit of students

Jul 9

Parish food pantries in Archdiocese of Washington providing urgent help during pandemic

Jul 9

Update: In Little Sisters case, Supreme Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage

Jul 8
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Update: Public Masses to resume in all regions of the Archdiocese of Washington, with limitations and restrictions in place
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Father Dan Leary leaves parish life to be chaplain to Sisters of Mary serving poor children around the world
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St. Camillus’s pastor, ‘Brother Chris,’ dies after life devoted to bringing Christ to others
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Religious order priest recovering after alleged assault
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Father Ihrie, second archdiocesan priest to die of COVID-19, was pastor in Camp Springs and Bryantown

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Sunday Scripture reading for July 12: The point of parables

Jul 9

Question corner: Death penalty and Catholics and seminarians and Roman collar

Jul 9

Lessons of COVID-19

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Archbishop Gomez reflects on St. Junipero Serra, 'a saint for our times'

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St. Camillus’s pastor, ‘Brother Chris,’ dies after life devoted to bringing Christ to others

When people met Franciscan Father Christopher Posch, the pastor of St. Camillus Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland, he...

Jul 7
As area begins to reopen, Early Childhood Learning Centers provide childcare for local families
Jul 7
New president of Bishop McNamara High School says he feels called to serve there
Jul 6
Father Dan Leary leaves parish life to be chaplain to Sisters of Mary serving poor children around the world
Jul 6

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Update: U.S. bishops welcome court decision on Catholic schools

Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling July 8 which said California Catholic schools could not be...

Jul 8
Retired Pope Benedict follows his brother's funeral virtually
Jul 8
Fighting racism means putting faith in action, say Black Catholics
Jul 7
Don't turn away from suffering on border, urges Sister Norma Pimentel
Jul 7

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Archbishop Gomez says St. Junipero Serra's ministry marked by respect, loving care of Indigenous

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez has asked Catholics of the archdiocese to invoke the intercession of...

Jun 30
Online forum offers tools, self-help resources for coping during shutdown
Jun 30
No true love without the cross, pope says at Angelus
Jun 30
Campus ministry continued serving college students through virtual means in the midst of pandemic
Jun 29

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‘Walking the Good Red Road,’ documentary about Lakota medicine man’s journey toward the Catholic faith and sainthood, to air July 5 at noon

In the late 1800s, Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man participating in the Ghost Dance movement, had a vision of a figure...

Jul 4
'Hamilton,' comes to homes, via streaming on Disney+
Jul 3
History of American Catholicism will set standard for years to come
Jun 29
Pandemic prompts makers of 'Fatima' film to delay its release to theaters
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Question corner: Death penalty and Catholics and seminarians and Roman collar
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Sunday Scripture reading for July 12: The point of parables
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Pope Saint John Paul II's 100th birthday gift to us, and our gift to him

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June Junior Saints: Celebrating our fathers 

Each June, we take the time to honor our fathers and father-figures for their influence in each one of our lives. Father's Day...

Jun 20