Because Easter fell on the same day on the Julian and Gregorian calendars, meaning Catholic and Orthodox were celebrating on the same day, the Vatican added Byzantine “stichera” or hymns and “stichos” ...

Leading his first Easter Sunday Mass as Washington’s new archbishop, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said the Resurrection of ...

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

As the lights of St. Peter's Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame -- ...

(OSV News) – With Easter celebrations hours away, the U.S. bishops’ humanitarian agency is urging the faithful to “stand in ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state ...

Father Isaac Sagastume, a parochial vicar at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, holds a cross for people ...

ROME (CNS) -- Today's "builders of Babel" are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are "losers," Pope ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Jesus, who redeemed humanity by giving up his life on the cross, shows that it is not strength that ...

(OSV News) -- The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is calling for prayers following an April 17 mass shooting at Florida State University's main campus in Tallahassee, while a campus Catholic ministry ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy washes the feet of a man during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper on April 17, 2025 at ...