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Pope Francis announced he will create 21 new cardinals Aug. 27, including 68-year-old Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, Calif.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A burglar cut through a metal protective casing to steal a historic tabernacle valued at $2 million at a Brooklyn Catholic church. In the course of the crime, angel statues flanking the tabernacle were decapitated, and consecrated hosts from inside the tabernacle were thrown all over the altar, according to a Brooklyn diocesan […]
Deacon Peter Clem grew up in a military family, moving around Virginia, and at one point to Washington state, based on his father’s assignments in the U.S. Navy. When he would come back to Northern Virginia to visit his grandparents, he witnessed the community of the Youth Apostles, a nonprofit his grandfather was involved in. […]
Deacon Philip Briggs first felt the call to the priesthood in high school. The teen grew up in Front Royal, a parishioner of St. John the Baptist Church, where he had easy access to daily Mass at Human Life International and Christendom College, where his father worked. One of nine siblings, he was homeschooled through […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bills May 25, saying he has kept his promise to voters to “sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk.” It bans abortions from the stage of “fertilization” and allows private citizens to sue abortion […]
When: May 27, 11 a.m. Where: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington Baccalaureate Mass: May 26, 6:30 p.m., St. Bernadette Church, 7600 Old Keene Mill Rd., Springfield Total graduates: 191 Graduates include: Wilson Alvarado, Joseph Ambery, Cameron Arnold, Taylor Ballenger, James Barker, Leo Bartholomaus, Regan Bartol, […]
Screenwriter Julian Fellowes once again weaves his magic with this second film adaptation of his landmark ITV and PBS television series. This time out, the titular grand manor plays host to the cast and crew of a silent movie whose director (Hugh Dancy) falls for the married elder daughter (Michelle Dockery) of the estate’s owners […]
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — As musicians in the Advanced Percussion Ensemble of DeMatha Catholic High School gathered on stage for a recent concert at their Hyattsville school, one of the performers — a new student there — didn’t have time to get a tux like the other student musicians were wearing, so he donned a DeMatha […]
Gospel Commentary May 29, Lk 24:46-53 The risen Lord spent 40 days with his disciples before he ascended into heaven. But eventually the time came for him to go. On this year’s observance of the solemnity of the Ascension, we hear from the Gospel of Luke, which records Jesus’ last instructions to the disciples before […]

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