In the majestic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., during an Oct. 16 Celebration of Life for Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the singer Stevie Wonder honored his friend by first singing ...

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

Pope Francis asked the new members of the College of Cardinals to cultivate a sense of prayer and closeness with God's people ...

Msgr. Raymond East, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Washington, D.C. and a nationally known evangelist and preacher, ...

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

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is requesting donations to its disaster relief fund to assist those affected by ...

Catholics must think about migrants and refugees with the mind of Christ, and not the way that we are trained to think about ...

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 ...

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, ...