2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (769+ words) HOLLYWOOD, Md. — Teenagers and young adults serving at St. John’s Summer Program at St. John Francis Regis Parish in Hollywood told the Catholic Standard, Washington’s archdiocesan news outlet, what draws young people to the Church and gives them a reason to…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (503+ words) All mosaics by disgraced priest Father Marko Rupnik adorning the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes will be covered ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s September visit and will remain covered indefinitely, said Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (542+ words) Q: Could you clarify the Church’s current stance on Freemasonry? Some seem to think that these days it’s “no different than belonging to Rotary” or any other service club. The local church has parishioners that belong to the local Masonic lodge....

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1419+ words) “One of Us” is a brief snapshot of people who support the Catholic church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish or school communities. What is the most…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (654+ words) Scripture readings for Aug. 16, 2026, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 56:1, 6-7 Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 Mt 15:21-28 This Sunday, one thing becomes clear: God really doesn’t check passports or papers. That is one of the messages of this Sunday’s scripture, and it couldn’t be…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (694+ words) A priest who was removed as an Archdiocese of Washington exorcist is relaunching his nonprofit deliverance ministry, while remaining a priest in good standing in his home diocese. Msgr. Stephen Rossetti announced July 13 that his St. Michael Center for Spiritual…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (656+ words) ROME (OSV News) — Preparations are in full swing for World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, South Korea, where Pope Leo XIV is expected to join young Catholics from around the world for the second World Youth Day ever held in Asia....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (863+ words) PHILADELPHIA — They stood feet from Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Bridge as cars and commuter trains blared by, yet about 300 Catholics encountered a night of Catholic faith that looked, sounded and felt like what Benjamin Franklin might have experienced in 1776, and some…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (555+ words) ROME — Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness.” “Jesus doesn’t want you to be ‘young couch potatoes,’ complacent or…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (286+ words) ROME — Pope Leo XIV has named two American bishops as members of the Vatican’s highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. The bishops, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Edward M. Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan,…...