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A color guard stands at attention as Eliza Monroe Hay's remains are carried for reinterment at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Payne/CNARichmond, Virginia, Oct 23, 2025 / 17:04 pm (CNA).Nearly two centuries after her death, the daughter of American Founding Father James Monroe has been laid to rest in Richmond, Virginia, joining her family's historic burial plot in the city's famed Hollywood Cemetery. The Diocese of Richmond held Eliza Monroe Hay's reinterment at the top of Hollywood Cemetery overlooking the James River on Oct. 23. Hay, who died in 1840, converted to Catholicism several years before her death. Pallbearers prepare the casket of Eliza Monroe Hay during her reinterment at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: Daniel Payne/CNAState Sen. Bryce Reeves, who worked with the Eliza Project to repatriate Hay's remains, said she was "far more than the daughter of a pres...

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Pope Leo XIV addresses the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaACI Prensa Staff, Oct 23, 2025 / 17:34 pm (CNA).In an audience with the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Pope Leo XIV thanked them for their humble service to the communities of the Holy Land, where they are called to bear witness "that life conquers death."At the beginning of his address, the pope recalled the mission with which the order was established in 1098: to protect the Holy Sepulchre, care for pilgrims, and sustain the Church of Jerusalem.The Holy Father thanked the members of the order present for continuing the work they do "with the humility, dedication, and spirit of sacrifice that characterize chivalric orders," especially for their witness and solidarity with the Christians of the Holy Land.In particular, the pontiff emphasized that even today they help the communities of the Holy Land "without any fanfare or seeking publicity" and support th...

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance tours the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. / Credit: Nathan HOWARD / POOL / AFP / Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA).U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, attended a private Mass celebrated by Franciscan monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Thursday during a three-day diplomatic trip to Israel.Vance, the nation's second Catholic vice president, met with a group of bishops and went to confession prior to Mass, according to the White House Pool Report.The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was constructed in the early fourth century during the reign of Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. It is jointly operated by the Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, and four Oriental Orthodox churches.According to tradition, the church is built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, burial, and resurrect...