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 ...

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 ...

When Maryland voters go the polls in November, they will be presented with a ballot measure that seeks to enshrine in the state’s Constitution an amendment that “confirms an individual’s fundamental ...

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 ...

As the Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah and the start of a new year amid the Israel-Hamas war and rising antisemitism around the world, two New York prelates have released a message of ...