Ethel Kennedy – widow of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, human rights activist and mother of 11 – died Oct. 10, her family ...

Psalm 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Hebrews 4:12-13 Mark 10:17-30 or Mark 10:17-27. Think it’s easy to gain eternal life? T ...

Msgr. Raymond East, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Washington, D.C. and a nationally known evangelist and preacher, ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio ...

Deacon Darryl A. Kelley of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Clinton, Maryland, an attorney, was the first permanent deacon in the history of the Red Mass to deliver the homily for the annual liturgy, ...

Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met for the third time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine ...

Pope Francis asked the new members of the College of Cardinals to cultivate a sense of prayer and closeness with God's people ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonize new saints -- not only those who ministered or gave up their lives in lands traditionally known as ...

The Saint John Paul II National Shrine will host a week of celebrations Oct. 16 through Oct. 20 to honor its patron saint’s ...

Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington said he hopes U.S. voters who are as concerned as he is about the “anger and vitriol” of the current election cycle will take time away from ...

On Sept. 22, a group of parishioners gathered in a conference room at St. John the Baptist Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland to talk about politics. It is no secret that conversations about politics, ...