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U.S. Bishops Conference Chairman Statement in Response to Barcelona Terror Attack

“Once again, an act of terror has taken more than a dozen lives and injured scores of others. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops unequivocally condemns this morally heinous act and places itself in solidarity with the people of the Archdiocese of Barcelona and Spain at this terrible time of loss and grief..."

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Unity, Peace, and Forgiveness

Guadalupe Radio Network | August 18, 2017
Therese Bermpohl, Director of Family Life with the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, discusses unity, peace, and forgiveness with Guadalupe Radio Talk Show Host, Dave Palmer on "GRN Alive." 

Ford To Present Mobile Response Center To Catholic Charities USA

Alexandria News | August 18, 2017
The Mobile Response Center will be used to help bring relief and recovery services to people affected by disasters across the country. When not in use, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington will have a one week a month use of the 14-foot mobile response vehicle. Art Bennett, President and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, said, “Pope Francis wants the church to be a field hospital which goes out and meets people where they are at. This vehicle will help us do that.” 

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Salvadorans in U.S. mark Blessed Oscar Romero's 100th birthday

August, 17th 2017

Washington resident Berta Quintanilla said her toddler had always asked about the bespectacled older man whose photo he often saw at home and sometimes at church events.