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Mark Zimmermann
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Mark Zimmermann, the national correspondent for Crux, is the editor of the Catholic Standard newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, where he has covered everything from the pope in Rome to CYO PeeWee soccer in the pouring rain. A graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, he is married to Carol Zimmermann, a reporter for the Catholic News Service, and they live with their three children, Joe, Anna and Matt in Germantown, Maryland.

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Pope wants priests to be shepherds who encounter their flocks
- Vatican
- June 16, 2017
The Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, says Pope Francis’s vision for the priesthood offers a template for renewal, as priests join the faithful in carrying out the New Evangelization as missionary disciples in today’s world, helping people encounter, love and follow Jesus.
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House praised for passing bill to help ISIS genocide victims
- Church in the US
- June 9, 2017
The United States House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill, the “Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act of 2017.” The proposed law would provide help and hope to suffering members of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria who have been “left out and left behind.”
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‘Grunt Padre’ could be patron saint of Memorial Day
- Church in the US
- May 29, 2017
Archbishop Timothy Broglio has formally closed the archdiocesan phase of the cause of canonization for Father Vincent Capodanno, a Maryknoll priest and Navy chaplain killed during a fierce battle in Vietnam almost 50 years ago at the age of 38. The chaplain was nicknamed the “Grunt Padre,” because of his personal care for and ministry to the “grunts,” meaning members of the infantry.
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Little Sisters hope contraception battle is nearing an end
- Church in the US
- May 6, 2017
Based on comments from President Donald Trump about the implications of his new executive order on religious freedom, the Little Sisters of the Poor hope their long legal struggle against the contraception mandates imposed as part of the Obama health care reform is almost over, saying “we’re on the one-yard line … we just have to get it over the goal line.”
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Landmark study examines responses of Christians to religious persecution
- Global Church
- April 22, 2017
A new report on religious persecution says Christians are the most widely targeted religious community, suffering terrible persecutions globally. Other key findings of the study included that “Christian responses to persecution are almost always nonviolent, and, with very few exceptions, do not involve acts of terrorism.”
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Georgetown renaming of buildings reflects shared journey with slave descendants
- Church in the US
- April 20, 2017
Georgetown University – the oldest Catholic university in the United States – renamed two buildings in an effort to express public contrition over its legacy of slavery. Isaac Hawkins Hall – formerly known as Mulledy Hall – is now named after a slave sold by the university in 1838. Anne Marie Becraft Hall – formerly known as McSherry Hall – is now named for a free woman of color who established a school in the town of Georgetown for black girls. Father Thomas Mulledy, S.J., and Father William McSherry, S.J., were two Georgetown Jesuits who played significant roles in an 1838 sale of 272 slaves by the school.
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