Further, while the Church has the canonization process for formally recognizing that some especially holy people are already ...

The theology of this passage from Mark matters. Obviously so does its place within the extended debates of rabbis and ...

The White Mass modeled inclusive worship, with people with disabilities participating in nearly every part of the liturgy.

Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a Rome prison to open a Holy Door as a “tangible sign of the message of hope” ...

As the nation prepares for yet another contentious election, it is hard not to feel dejected. For more than a decade, the already hyper-partisan state of American politics has accelerated into high ...

It’s one of the most divisive issues of the 2024 U.S. presidential election: immigration. The Gallup polling organization reported in July – before the final stretch of the campaign – that U.S. adults ...

This past weekend, Washington fans and indeed the entire NFL were treated to a “Game of the Ages,” a breathtaking, heart-pounding contest that will be etched in minds and memories for years to come as ...

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington holds an annual Retired Priests Collection to provide funding for care and housing for retired priests of the archdiocese. This year’s Retired Priests ...

Pope Francis’s new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as “a simple and powerful cure” for a fractured world, said the president of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference – and that ...

After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary post-synodal apostolic exhortation but would offer the final document ...

The availability of Confession, even in Churches heavily frequented by tourists, presents the Catholic Church as a welcoming space for an encounter with God, Pope Francis said. Marking the 250th ...