Linking themes of his tenure as archbishop of Washington with the goals of the recent Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Cardinal Wilton Gregory told an audience at The Catholic University of...
For the Christmas Junior Saints in December 2023, students were invited to draw a picture of the first Christmas, and write...
Eighth grader Sophia Delaney from St. Bartholomew Catholic School in Bethesda, Maryland, is one of 19 national winners and two...
"Pick 1," directs a guide printed in the parish bulletin of St. Joseph Church in York, Pennsylvania. The command in the graphic...
Christmas in Bethlehem and the Holy Land this year will be one of solemnity, prayer and fasting as the Patriarchs and Heads of...
As Vatican workers continued to decorate the Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square and to erect a platform for the Nativity...
Stories and photos from the 13th National Black Catholic Congress meeting July 20-23, 2023 at the Gaylord National Resort and...
We have just begun the shortest Advent season ever possible. The fourth Sunday of Advent this year will be on Sunday Dec. 24 –...
Q: Since Christmas is on Monday this year, can I go to a Christmas vigil Mass on Sunday and have it fulfill my Sunday and...
We are in the middle of the shortest Advent possible – just 22 days. The general perception is that Advent is four weeks, but...
Readings for the First Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19; 64:2-7 Psalms 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark...
Bishop John Ricard, the superior general of his religious order, the Josephites, who formerly served as the bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, gives his...
Father Daniele Rebeggiani sings during a June 18 Priests in Concert event at the Shrine of St. Jude in Rockville that raised funds for people to attend the Aug. 1-6 World Youth Day in Lisbon,...
Before celebrating their 50th anniversary Mass as priests on May 9, 2023, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory at center poses for a group photo in the sacristy at St. Matthew’s Cathedral with...
Students at Our Lady of Victory School in Washington, D.C., cheer when fifth-grade teacher Lauren Harper is announced as the 2023 Golden Apple Award-winning teacher in a surprise announcement on...
Cardinal Gregory lights the Paschal Candle outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., at the start of the Easter Vigil on April 8. (CS photo/Mihoko Owada) ...
People participate in a Way of the Cross in downtown Washington, D.C., on Good Friday, April 7. (CS photos/Mihoko Owada) At Farragut Square, the group paused...
Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory elevates the cross at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle during an April 7 Good Friday liturgy, which included the reading of the...
In the heart of Ward 8 in Southeast Washington, D.C., is a 25,000-square-foot building containing two basketball courts,...
Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state who shaped U.S. foreign policy for decades, died Nov. 29 at his Connecticut...
Ave Maria University is now offering “The Pursuit of Wisdom,” a series of free online courses presented by university faculty...
Partly a conversion story, partly a study in the triumph of friendship over isolation, the moving comedy-tinged drama “The...
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