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Man shot at DC’s Catholic University was Kentucky high school teacher

July 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jul 6, 2023 / 10:28 am (CNA).
The victim of Wednesday’s fatal shooting on the school’s Washington, DC campus was 25-year-old Maxwell Emerson of Crestwood, Kentucky, according to an update … […]

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Pope appoints two new auxiliary bishops to Archdiocese of Washington 

December 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis on Dec. 19, 2022, appointed Monsignor Juan Esposito-Garcia and Father Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington. / Archdiocese of Washington

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 19, 2022 / 11:45 am (CNA)… […]

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Archdiocese of Washington cancels Youth Rally, Mass for Life held at March for Life events

November 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Then Archbishop Wilton Gregory at the 2020 Youth Rally and Mass for Life / Credit: Peter Zelasko/CNA

Boston, Mass., Nov 15, 2022 / 07:16 am (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., announced that its annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life, whi… […]

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Cardinal Gregory restricts TLM to three locations in DC archdiocese

July 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, addresses the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2021. / Nicholas Kamm /AFP via Getty Images

Washington D.C., Jul 22, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA)… […]

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Pastor says flames did not engulf tabernacle in arson attack on Catholic church in Maryland

July 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Samuel Giese, pastor of St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Parish in Bethesda, Maryland, speaks on "EWTN Nightly News" on July 11, 2022, about the arson and vandalism that damaged his church. / Screenshot from EWTN Nightly New… […]

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TLM altar boys implore cardinal: Consider our love for Latin Mass

May 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Altar boys swing incense in a procession in Cologne, Germany. / Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 14, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Six Latin Mass altar servers in a Washington, D.C. parish have written an impassioned letter to the Archbisho… […]

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Federal court sides with D.C. Archdiocese on church capacity limits

March 26, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., Mar 26, 2021 / 11:00 am (CNA).- A federal judge sided with the Archdiocese of Washington on Thursday in its lawsuit against Washington, D.C. over church capacity restrictions. In an order published late Thursday evening, Judge Tre… […]

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Archbishop of Washington prays for COVID victims at Lincoln Memorial

January 19, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 19, 2021 / 02:30 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Washington prayed for all victims of the COVID-19 pandemic at a national memorial service on Tuesday evening.

 

“We turn to the Lord of all to receive these, our … […]

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Wuerl denies prior denials denied knowledge of McCarrick seminarian abuse

January 14, 2019 Catholic News Agency 13

Washington D.C., Jan 14, 2019 / 10:45 am (CNA).- Cardinal Donald Wuerl told Washington, DC priests Saturday that he appropriately handled a 2004 allegation of misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick. The cardinal also said that […]

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