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

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio ...

If approved by voters, the measure, known as Question 1, would make it virtually impossible for Maryland lawmakers to enact any laws that would “directly or indirectly, deny, burden, or abridge the ...

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, ...

BEIRUT (OSV News) -- As Israel has escalated its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon across a United Nations-drawn boundary ...

The Saint John Paul II National Shrine will host a week of celebrations Oct. 16 through Oct. 20 to honor its patron saint’s ...

Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more ...

Just as the nation’s founders relied on God’s providence, so too must all those serving in the U.S. legal profession and government today depend on the gifts of the Holy Spirit which are essential to ...

Father Ajani Gibson, a young man displaying the spirit of an old soul, was revivalist for the 35 th Annual East of the River Revival held Oct. 7, 8, and 9 at Mount Calvary Catholic Church in ...

One of my parishioners asked me that question a number of years ago, and I’ve been thinking about it with the upcoming election. At first, I didn’t quite get it, but I eventually realized he was ...