Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl

A thousand youth gather for ‘grassroots pilgrimage’ in spirit of WYD
- Church in the US
- July 27, 2017
In urban Washington, D.C., it’s not like young adults don’t have other options, so when a thousand of them braved sweltering heat and downpours of rain on Saturday, something special must have been happening. They came together for a ‘grassroots pilgrimage’ in the spirit of World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland, at a shrine dedicated to St. Pope John Paul II.
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Cardinal Wuerl: Vatican II being unleashed through Pope Francis
- Interviews
- July 8, 2017
Cardinal Donald Wuerl says he finds “a great consolation and sense of serenity” in the fact that, for Catholics, Peter is the touchstone of faith, but added that doesn’t mean you still don’t raise a question, if you “speak truth in love.”
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Catholic Louisiana congressman, others shot during baseball practice
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- June 14, 2017
Republican Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot by a gunman early June 14 and transported out of a baseball field in Alexandria, a suburb of Washington. He is now listed in stable condition and was among five other people who were medically transported from the scene of the shooting to receive medical care.
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Blessing of St. Junipero statue celebrates Holy Spirit in saints’ lives
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- June 8, 2017
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington blessed a statue of St. Junipero Serra on the day of Pentecost saying that the Holy Spirit which moved him is also “alive in each one of us.” Pope Francis canonized the saint during his 2015 visit to Washington.
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