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“Dead Man Walking,” an opera based on Sister Helen Prejean’s book of the same name, will give attendees the opportunity to see the effect of the death penalty on a certain subset of people, according to Michael Solomon, senior press representative for the Washington National Opera.
“Time to Respect Life” was the theme of the 18th annual Youth Apostles Institute pro-life poster contest, with 626 youths participating. The contest provides youths an opportunity to use their artistic abilities to express their pro-life values.
A massive donation of Ethiopian religious manuscripts to Catholic University in Washington makes the school one of the largest holders of such texts outside Ethiopia.
The pope's Lenten message — titled "The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift." — focused on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in the Gospel of St. Luke (16:19-31).
In the effort to promote Catholic marriages, which have been on the decline in recent years, some U.S. parishes are making conscious efforts to reach out not only to engaged couples but to a much younger audience — children and youths — about the church's teaching on marriage.
The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference held the 2017 Wrestling Championships at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney, Md., Feb. 4. The winner was St. John's College High School in Washington.


