When Catholics come to Rome for the Holy Year, their journey should have the specific goal of encountering and listening to ...

Opening the Holy Door of the oldest Marian shrine in the Western world, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world ...

Marking the feast of Mary, Mother of God, and the start of the new year, Pope Francis renewed his appeal for a "firm ...

As millions of pilgrims prepare to cross through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis called on individuals, ...

In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, launching what he called a "Jubilee ...

A short, simple statement — "Marley was dead"— ranks high in any list of most famous first line in all literature. Marley, we ...

Christmas celebrates the reason for our hope, as Sacred Scripture proclaims: "For today in the city of David a savior has ...

The 32 men have a lot to be thankful for, after all, seeing ...

Author and Catholic convert Lee Edwards, one of the foremost historians of the conservative movement in America, died Dec. 12 ...

After readers submitted their nominations for this year’s “Herald Angel,” staffers at the Catholic Herald chose to honor three jointly nominated St. William of York Outreach volunteers. Take a turn ...

The diocese hosted its annual Youth, Campus and Young Adult Ministries Appreciation Mass and Dinner at St. Joseph Church in Herndon Dec. 10. Following Mass, celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, ...

Members of the student Ethnic Diversity Council of Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores were invited to the cathedral for Diocesan ...