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

One of my parishioners asked me that question a number of years ago, and I’ve been thinking about it with the upcoming ...

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, ...

Each year, churches around the world commemorate World Mission Sunday to highlight, encourage and promote the Catholic Church ...

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 ...

If approved by voters, the measure, known as Question 1, would make it virtually impossible for Maryland lawmakers to enact ...

Pope Francis met with a group of transgender and intersex Catholics, along with LGBTQ+ allies and a medical doctor ...

NEW YORK (OSV News) – In a year characterized by disruption and division at the national and local levels, the normally formulaic annual dinner of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation reflected the ...

In the majestic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., during an Oct. 16 Celebration of Life for Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the singer Stevie Wonder honored his friend by first singing ...

(OSV News) – The naming of a Japanese atomic bomb survivors group as this year's Nobel Peace Prize recipient is “fitting ... during this time of heightened geopolitical tension,” said Archbishop John ...

Msgr. Raymond East, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Washington, D.C. and a nationally known evangelist and preacher, was honored Sept. 29 by the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) with the ...