Jan 31, 2025 · In a statement, Cardinal Gregory encourages prayers after plane crash and thanks first responders

6 days ago · At anniversary reception, Catholic school principals and current and former students describe impact of D.C. Opportunity Scholarships

In this series, the 2024 Golden Apple Award winning teachers in The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington are profiled. Margo VanDenBossche, a third grade teacher at Saint Peter’s School in Waldorf, Maryland, high-fives students after it was announced on April 15 that she is a 2024 Golden Apple Award winning teacher.

At a Mass on Jan. 1, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle marking the opening of the Jubilee Year, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory prayed that people would find hope in Christ and be guided by that hope.

May 23, 2024 · Cardinal Wilton Gregory announced the following priest appointments this week. They are all effective as indicated: Retirement. Father Joseph B. Pierce, to retired, with residence outside the archdiocese; from pastor, Saint John Vianney Parish, Prince Frederick, Maryland, effective July 3, 2024. Father Michael J. King, to retired, with residence at Jesus, the Good Shepherd Parish, Owings ...

Catholic school students participate in youth rally as teen shares testimony ahead of March for Life

Jan 29, 2025 · Ahead of the World Day for Consecrated Life Feb. 2 – an observance that was instituted in 1997 by St. John Paul II and is attached to the feast of the Presentation of the Lord – OSV News spoke with Father Jorge Torres, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, Florida, and executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life And Vocations.

As Aug. 30 ended in the U.S. and a new day began in a different time zone in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 31, 2021, the U.S. Central Command released a green-tinted photo of a soldier about to get on a cargo plane, a photographic coda to seal the historic moment that put an end to nearly two decades of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.

Jesus gives a concise summary of the work and experience of the Church in His discourse with Nicodemus, which we read at Tuesday’s daily Mass:

Before baptizing 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis reminded parents and godparents of their responsibility to care for and preserve the Christian identity the infants were about to receive.