Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the new archbishop of Washington, sprinkles holy water inside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the ...

St. Patrick's Day was marked with a celebratory Mass at St. Patrick Church in Washington, D.C., on March 17, drawing ...

A: The short answer is that, even at age 70, you are still bound to abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and Lenten Fridays ...

Following a setback, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is continuing its legal fight against the Trump administration’s ...

Pope Francis has been able to spend brief moments of the day without any supplemental oxygen, which is yet another sign of ...

The Shroud of Turin, one of Catholicism’s most valued devotional items, will be digitally showcased during the Holy Year 2025 ...

Scripture Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent: This certainly isn’t Jesus at his most pastoral.

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy knocks on the door of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle before a March 16, 2025 Mass there, ...

For the first time since Pope Francis was hospitalized in mid-February, the Vatican press office released a photograph of him ...

In an interview five days before he would be installed as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert McElroy expressed ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrates a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors accredited ...

St. John Paul II greets Rabbi Elio Toaff in 1986 at Rome’s main synagogue, believed to be the oldest Jewish community in the ...