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General Assembly 2025 preview: Advocating for life, dignity and the common good
January 4, 2025, by Jeff Caruso, Executive Director of the Virginia Catholic Conference

The 46-day 2025 Virginia General Assembly session begins Jan. 8. In a sense, however, it…

‘You are here to venerate bone’: Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas comes to Charlottesville
January 3, 2025, by Joe Staniunas, Special to The Catholic Virginian

Advent at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville started with the usual wreath with…

‘Hope does not disappoint’: Bishop Knestout celebrates Mass, opens Jubilee Year in diocese
December 30, 2024, by D. Hunter Reardon, The Catholic Virginian

While the Jubilee Year of Hope officially began in Rome Dec. 24, in our diocese,…

Seminarians start Christmas break with bishop’s gathering
December 30, 2024, by Lily Nguyen Dunkle, The Catholic Virginian

Spiritual gifts abounded for the seminarians of the diocese and their families, who were treated…

‘Resilient’ community at St. Jude, Mineral, celebrates 50 years
December 30, 2024, by D. Hunter Reardon, The Catholic Virginian

On Dec. 8, Bishop Barry C. Knestout spent the Second Sunday of Advent just south…

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Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick dies at 94
April 4, 2025, by Maria Wiering, OSV News

(OSV News) — The disgraced former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, defrocked in 2019 after revelations…

Kansas pastor fatally shot; Archbishop Naumann prays for priest and perpetrator
April 4, 2025, by Maria Wiering, OSV News

(OSV News) — The pastor of a parish in Seneca, Kansas, was shot in his…

Supreme Court hears case over effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds
April 3, 2025, by Kate Scanlon, OSV News

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 2 in a…

Supreme Court hears Catholic agency’s case seeking religious exemption to state program
April 1, 2025, by Kate Scanlon, OSV News

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 31 heard oral arguments in…

Archbishop Lucas of Omaha, Neb., retires; bishop of Belleville, Ill., succeeds him
March 31, 2025, by OSV News

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop George J. Lucas,…

GLOBAL
Thousands line streets of Rome to bid final farewell to Pope Francis
April 26, 2025, by Junno Arocho Esteves and Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service

ROME (CNS) — The casket bearing the body of Pope Francis made its final journey…

Trump, Zelenskyy meet face-to-face in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of pope’s funeral
April 26, 2025, by Kate Scanlon, OSV News

(OSV News) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the…

Poor and powerful pray for eternal repose of a pope ‘with an open heart’
April 26, 2025, by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an open…

Vatican releases unpublished papal reflection on old age
April 24, 2025, by Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Growing old isn’t something to be feared, but rather something to…

Where to watch Pope Francis’ funeral Mass live
April 24, 2025, by OSV News

(OSV News) — Pope Francis’ solemn funeral Mass will be broadcast and livestreamed by multiple…


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