Pope Leo XIV prayed with the sick at the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican Gardens on Feb. 11, asking Our Lady of Lourdes to ...

In the wake of a major winter storm that blanketed Southern Maryland in snow, families bundled up and gathered indoors on Jan ...

The president’s announcement was expected, as officials previously indicated they would repeal the Environmental Protection ...

Over seven months, the cardinal met with more than 400 lay leaders in groups of 15, meeting with representatives of the archdiocese’s parishes in the District of Columbia and in the five surrounding ...

The life of St. Josephine Bakhita, who endured enslavement as a child in Sudan before becoming a Canossian religious sister, ...

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Feb. 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, in ...

Wednesday, three days after hearing Christ’s admonitions, with his words still ringing in our ears and burning in our hearts, we line up to have our brows marked and remember we are dust and begin to ...

Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, officials from Catholic Charities and others gathered Feb. 11 to dedicate and bless the new Conway Education Center that serves ...

Pope Leo XIV speaks to visitors during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Feb. 11, 2026. On Feb. 13, Pope Leo released his first Lenten message, in which he ...

“Our estimates show that, unless the abrupt funding cuts announced and implemented in the first half of 2025 are reversed, a staggering number of avoidable deaths could occur by 2030,” the Lancet ...

During a Mass for Black History Month on Feb. 6, 2026 at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School in Upper Marlboro, fourth grader Tamufor Ndi asks Washington Auxiliary Bishop R ...

Catholics in the U.S. are sharing their gratitude for Venerable Fulton J. Sheen following the announcement Feb. 9 that the Vatican has permitted the cause of the late American archbishop and ...