With Ukraine’s first lady seated in the front row, Pope Francis told people at his general audience that it is “a shameful ...

When the St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir sang the spiritual, “We Have Come This Far by Faith,” those words rang true for the ...

(This column is part of “The Light of Faith and Care at the Sunset of Life,” a series on the Catholic Standard website and ...

Q: Is Dec. 9 a day of obligation? Is this rule new? Is it just for America? A: Normally Dec. 9 is not a holy day of obligation, but it is this year in the United States due to a quirk of the calendar.

On the first day of the public session of the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, the importance of the Church’s ...

Since 1990, November has been recognized as Black Catholic History Month. This designation by the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus was to bring attention to the history and contributions of Black ...

Family members of the late Ethel Skakel Kennedy carry her casket to the front of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 2024 during a celebratio ...

With immigration an ongoing issue after the 2024 U.S. general election, three U.S. Catholic bishops issued a Nov. 14 statement of pastoral concern pledging support for immigrants. “Compelled by the ...

Jesus is on the “Mount of Olives opposite the temple area” talking about the end of the world (Mark 13:3). That’s significant because according to prophecy it is from the Mount of Olives that the Lord ...

The U.S. bishops wrapped up the second day of public sessions for their annual fall assembly in Baltimore with a focus on three major issues: migration, the dignity of the human person and care for ...

Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Communion, resigned Nov. 12 due to failures in dealing with a British abuse case. “It is very clear that I must take personal and ...

In 1918, when Benedictines in Minnesota gave Anna Cordelia Zervas her religious name, Sister Mary Annella, her mother reacted with surprise. “But there is no St. Annella,” she is reported to have said ...