{"id":22295,"date":"2024-12-15T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/reverently-awe-inspiring-the-story-behind-twin-catholic-parishes-in-virginia-maryland\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T14:22:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:22:27","slug":"reverently-awe-inspiring-the-story-behind-twin-catholic-parishes-in-virginia-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/reverently-awe-inspiring-the-story-behind-twin-catholic-parishes-in-virginia-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"'\u0645\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0644\u0644\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0628\u062c\u064a\u0644': \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0635\u0629 \u0648\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u0631\u0639\u064a\u0651\u062a\u064a\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a\u062a\u064a\u0646 \u062a\u0648\u0623\u0645\u062a\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0641\u064a\u0631\u062c\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0627 \u0648\u0645\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia. \/ Credit: St. Benedict Church; Daniel Payne\/CNA Richmond, Va., Dec 15, 2024 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). Catholics who have spent time in both Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, may be unaware that two near-identical parishes exist in both cities, both built by the same architect-priest and both offering an ideal of what their designer called a &quot;quiet, recollected, prayerful, somber, sanctified\u201d atmosphere of peace and worship.&nbsp;St.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia. \/ Credit: St. Benedict Church; Daniel Payne\/CNA Richmond, Va., Dec 15, 2024 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). Catholics who have spent time in both Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, may be unaware that two near-identical parishes exist in both cities, both built by the same architect-priest and both offering an ideal of what their designer called a &quot;quiet, recollected, prayerful, somber, sanctified\u201d atmosphere of peace and worship.&nbsp;St.\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-22295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61023,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/english-priest-presents-our-lady-of-persecuted-christians-icon-to-iraqi-bishop\/","url_meta":{"origin":22295,"position":0},"title":"English priest presents Our Lady of Persecuted Christians icon to Iraqi bishop","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishop Benedictus Hanno receives the Our Lady of Persecuted Christians icon in Qaraqosh, Iraq, on Aug. 6, 2025, from Father Benedict Kiely of Nasarean.org. \/ Credit: Father Benedict Kiely ACI MENA, Aug 19, 2025 \/ 14:03 pm (CNA). Marking the 11th anniversary of forced displacement of Christians in Iraq, Father Benedict Kiely presented an icon of Our Lady of Persecuted Christians to Bishop Benedictus Younan Hanno, Syriac Catholic archbishop of Mosul and its dependencies, on Aug. 6 in Qaraqosh, Iraq.\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"English priest presents Our Lady of Persecuted Christians icon to Iraqi bishop","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/English-priest-presents-Our-Lady-of-Persecuted-Christians-icon-to-Iraqi-bishop.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/English-priest-presents-Our-Lady-of-Persecuted-Christians-icon-to-Iraqi-bishop.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/English-priest-presents-Our-Lady-of-Persecuted-Christians-icon-to-Iraqi-bishop.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/English-priest-presents-Our-Lady-of-Persecuted-Christians-icon-to-Iraqi-bishop.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38123,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/archdiocese-of-baltimore-refusing-to-reopen-parish-after-vatican-order-advocates-say\/","url_meta":{"origin":22295,"position":1},"title":"Archdiocese of Baltimore \u2018refusing\u2019 to reopen parish after Vatican order, advocates say","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The city of Baltimore. \/ Credit: Sean Pavone\/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2025 \/ 15:20 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Baltimore has been accused of defying a Vatican order after allegedly refusing to reopen a Maryland parish despite a letter from the Holy See halting its closure.&nbsp; In the spring of 2024 Archbishop William Lori announced the \u201cdifficult\u201d decision to merge parishes in Baltimore and surrounding suburbs as part of the archdiocesan \u201cSeek the City to Come\u201d initiative. 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In an Italian-language book published in April 2023, \"Esorcisti contro Satana\u201d (\"Exorcists against Satan\u201d), journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona revealed how St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis have confronted the devil throughout their pontificates, promoting the ministry of exorcism or even practicing it.\"Father Gabriele Amorth already decried that in the Church, in the 1980s, there\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fabio.jpg?fit=739%2C384&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fabio.jpg?fit=739%2C384&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fabio.jpg?fit=739%2C384&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fabio.jpg?fit=739%2C384&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56222,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/how-the-st-benedict-medal-became-a-shield-against-the-powers-of-darkness\/","url_meta":{"origin":22295,"position":3},"title":"How the St. Benedict medal became a shield against the powers of darkness","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0646\u0627\u064a\u0631 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Portrait of St. Benedict (1926) by Herman Nieg (1849\u20131928); Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Austria; \u201cExorcism of St. Benedict,\u201d by Spinello Aretino, late 14th century. \/ Credit: Public domain National Catholic Register, Jul 11, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). Temptations in a fallen city, memories of a beautiful woman, a poisoned chalice, the attacks of an envious priest, curses from a pagan priest, a rock that won\u2019t budge and another that falls on a young monk, a kitchen in flames, a dragon that\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"How the St. Benedict medal became a shield against the powers of darkness","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/How-the-St.-Benedict-medal-became-a-shield-against-the-powers-of-darkness.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/How-the-St.-Benedict-medal-became-a-shield-against-the-powers-of-darkness.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/How-the-St.-Benedict-medal-became-a-shield-against-the-powers-of-darkness.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/How-the-St.-Benedict-medal-became-a-shield-against-the-powers-of-darkness.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/How-the-St.-Benedict-medal-became-a-shield-against-the-powers-of-darkness.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":71417,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/benedict-xvis-former-secretary-hopes-the-popes-beatification-process-will-open-soon\/","url_meta":{"origin":22295,"position":4},"title":"Benedict XVI\u2019s former secretary hopes the pope\u2019s beatification process will open soon","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0641\u0628\u0631\u0627\u064a\u0631 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Archbishop Georg G\u00e4nswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. \/ Credit: Alan Holdren\/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2025 \/ 16:28 pm (CNA). 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