On Ash Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV encouraged Catholics to ask the Lord for “the gift of true conversion” at the start of the ...

In 1597, the Spanish Franciscans Pedro de Corpa, Blas Rodríguez de Cuacos, Miguel de Añón, Antonio de Badajoz and Francisco ...

Scripture Reflection for the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, apostle (First Sunday of Lent): Lent calls for a return to ...

Catholic leaders were among those who praised the legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister and prominent civil ...

St. John the Evangelist eighth-grader John Paul Sloan holds a book of prayers as Cardinal Robert W. McElroy blesses the St. John the Evangelist School building in Silver Spring Fe ...

As the U.S. prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has encouraged Catholics to participate ...

OSV News: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) was formally “liquidated” by the Soviet regime in 1946, and only emerged from the underground – where it continued in secret – in 1989. Since that ...

However, sometimes we all need a bit of inspiration to get started. Here are 20 Lenten resolutions that yielded good fruit.

“Ash Wednesday is a way of looking ahead to Easter,” Father Morrill said. “And here in the Northern Hemisphere, that also ...

That principle applies to everything, whether we’re talking about preparing a delicious meal, celebrating a birthday, ...

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Feb. 15 to those gathered in Saint Peter’s Square.

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