It's fried fish season! Lent, which this year begins on March 5, is a 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that leads up to Easter. In the Catholic tradition, people abstain from ...

Members of the Harbor Patrol, a specialized unit of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, received a special ...

Federal and local authorities are investigating a possible hate crime after a Catholic Church named after St. Patrick was discovered with "extensive vandalism," including a Satanic message in ...

St. Leo's Catholic Church will host an "Oasis Night" for young adults, ages 18-39, on Tuesday, March 25, at the church, 2410 ...

The designation of St. Edward as a minor basilica is a much-deserved honor for the parish, which has long played an important ...

CNA explains more about the process and why it has been initiated: Initiated by Pope Francis in October 2021, the Synod on Synodality was a multiyear, worldwide process of the Catholic Church ...

While millions around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day every March 17, the sad fact is that Patrick has never been canonized by the Catholic Church and is a saint in name only. As writer Ken ...

In April, the Catholic Church is expected to canonize Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old who loved video games, as the first computer-coding saint during a worldwide gathering of teenagers at the Vatican.

the cardinal commented that this past St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, a woman who stopped to talk to him after Mass told him that, although she is not Catholic, she loves the Church and enjoys ...

Pope Francis starts new 3-year process for Church reforms Francis, 88, still in hospital for double pneumonia New process indicates pope's desire to continue on VATICAN CITY, March 15 (Reuters ...

The Catholic Church needs to expand its safeguarding efforts ... States gathered for Mass at the majestic Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica with two main intentions in mind: the health ...

St. Patrick’s Day is associated with many ... The feast day was only officially placed on the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar in the early 1600s with thanks to Waterford-born Franciscan ...