The history of our nation confirms that faith has always played a vital role in shaping our leaders and guiding our political and social life. From Washington to Madison to de Tocqueville, America’s ...

Bratwursts sizzled on the grill, root beer poured from a keg, and a German band struck up a lively “oom-pah-pah” — the Basilica of St. Mary’s annual Oktoberfest had begun. But this year’s fest was no ...

“For I was … a stranger and you welcomed me.” (Mt 25:35) Our Lord spoke these words toward the end of Matthew’s Gospel in a parable which addresses the judgment of the nations and the criterion for ...

The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions is an opportunity to remind all Catholics that the duty to welcome and assist migrants is also part of each person's ...

Loving someone who is sick requires "concrete gestures of closeness," just like that shown in the Gospel story of the Samaritan who helps the person beaten by thieves, said a Vatican office.

After the U.S. government shut down Oct. 1 because Congress failed to reach an agreement on the federal spending budget, Catholic organizations called for a swift resolution to mitigate the potential ...

Sister Marie Thérèse Furman, formerly Alaina Furman and a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Church in Purcellville, recently professed first vows with the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed ...

People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told ...

Ill., will decline an award from the Archdiocese of Chicago after global backlash over his strong pro-abortion views that included comments from Pope Leo XIV and criticism from U.S. bishops.

Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde will be the honored guest at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America Annual Mass and Benefit Dinner in Washington Nov. 1.