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‘Forever in our hearts’ — Gravesites of enslaved people in Maryland...

BOWIE, Md. -- On Feb. 25, just following a snow flurry that morning, a tent with seats for about 100 people was put up...

Black History Month is not only about the past ‘It’s about...

WASHINGTON -- Celebrating a Feb. 5 Mass in honor of Black History Month, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory urged "ordinary people of color" to...

Here are some ways to participate if you cannot go to...

Not in Washington for the 2023 March for Life? Have no fear. Pro-life advocates from around the country can mark the 50th anniversary of...

Msgr. Juan R. Esposito-Garcia and Father Evelio Menjivar-Ayala appointed auxiliary bishops...

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed two Washington archdiocesan priests, Msgr. Juan R. Esposito-Garcia and Father Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, as auxiliary bishops of their archdiocese. Bishop-designate...

Marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima replaced after vandalism, blessed...

WASHINGTON -- Ten months after a marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima in the Rosary Walk and Garden outside the Basilica of the...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington: Church must confront ‘the important topic...

WASHINGTON -- Catholics, and all people of faith, must engage in the "critically important work" of fighting injustice, racism and other societal ills that...

Washington’s St. Anthony Catholic school vandalized twice in one week, principal...

WASHINGTON -- St. Anthony Catholic School in Northeast Washington has been vandalized twice in less than a week in what the principal of the...

Father Gerald Andrews of Perryville, Md., ordained a priest in the...

The Catholic Standard Father Gerald Andrews studied aerospace engineering in college and then entered the seminary after discerning that he had a higher calling, to...

Six Black Americans on the road to canonization were honored during...

WASHINGTON -- Flanked at the front of the sanctuary by six large portraits of Black Americans whose faith-filled lives placed them on the road...

Olympic champ Katie Ledecky makes big splash, gets warm welcome at...

BETHESDA, Md. -- For three-time Olympian Katie Ledecky, her incredible journey to winning four more Olympic medals at the Summer Games in Tokyo began...

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