WASHINGTON, D.C. — At this year’s March for Life vigil Mass in Washington, D.C., Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge called on those gathered in the packed Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to “bring light to the darkest corners.” The evening vigil and Mass took place almost two years after the fall of […]
The Office of Pro-Life Activities will be sponsoring a bus to Washington, D.C., so members of the Diocese of Buffalo can participate in the March for Life this January. Join the Buffalo Diocese and hundreds of thousands of Catholics and others in solidarity for a pilgrimage of public witness, penance and prayer. The bus will […]
Despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year, the annual March for Life will take place Friday, Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C. The Office of Pastoral Ministries will host a trip to the national capitol to participate in the annual effort to end abortion. Busses depart the diocese on Thursday, Jan. 19. The […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — With the pro-life landscape shifting to the states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, events in the Washington Archdiocese connected to the annual March for Life in the nation’s capital will have a different focus this January. In one change, the archdiocese has canceled its long-running arena-size Youth […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A swirling image and the sounds of a whirlpool let exhibit visitors know that through the magic of technology, they will soon be transported to a different time and place. Then, they can gaze at the ceiling or peer into the depths of the famed Parisian Notre Dame Cathedral. Or with a […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — One aspect of the annual March for Life that never changes is the loud cheering when the lead group, carrying the banner, arrives in front of the Supreme Court. That tradition was sustained Jan. 21 as groups from Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, and Immanuel Lutheran School in Alexandria Virginia, joined […]
The Office of Pastoral Ministries has announced that the annual diocesan trip to Washington, D.C. to participate in the March for Life has been cancelled. Smaller, local activities will take place instead. Due to the ongoing pandemic and the potential of youth being exposed to Covid, the Archdiocese of Washington has decided to cancel the […]
WASHINGTON — Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement in response to Wednesday’s violence in the United States Capitol: “I join people of good will in condemning the violence today at the United States Capitol. This is not who we are as Americans. […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Each year on the night before the annual March for Life, at least 10,000 people have filled the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington for the National Prayer Vigil for Life. This year, due to local restrictions on attendance sizes because of […]
