Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, issued the following statement Nov. 6 following the 2024 general election held yesterday: “Today, as our nation prepares to take a new direction ...

On Sept. 26, Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, who also serves as the president ...

Readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: The story of this encounter in this Sunday’s gospel is often referred to as “The Widow’s Mite,” a mite being the smallest of coins.

The dean of seminarians at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore is “going home” to become coadjutor and future bishop of Oslo, Norway. Msgr. Fredrik Hansen, a Sulpician, also serves as ...

On Sept. 22, a group of parishioners gathered in a conference room at St. John the Baptist Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland to talk about politics. It is no secret that conversations about politics, ...

Question corner: What are the steps to receive Communion after divorce and remarriage?

With Scripture readings, prayers, hymns and a procession, about 70 people gathered at dusk on Nov. 2 – All Souls Day – at Sacred Heart Parish in Bowie, Maryland to commemorate, honor and remember the ...

A Nov. 1 annual awards and fundraising dinner for the organization SOAR! (Support Our Aging Religious) honored several local professionals and volunteers described as “exemplary models of faith in our ...

After Vice President Kamala Harris said she does not think “concessions” should be made on codifying abortion protections, some pro-life activists expressed concern that a potential Harris ...

Q: I recently took a six-week theology class, and the priest teaching it was pretty emphatic that most don’t make it to heaven. First, we must be without mortal sin. So all those who forsake Mass or ...

On Nov. 1, 1864, slavery was officially abolished in Maryland. This was nearly three months before the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment and more than a year before the federal amendment was ...