Voters in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota Nov. 5 rejected amendments to their state constitutions that would have codified ...

People place blessed candles Nov. 2 on the graves located in the cemetery at Sacred Heart Parish in Bowie, Maryland. The ...

The enduring faith of members of Immaculate Conception Parish since its founding in 1864 in the nation’s capital was ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, issued the following statement Nov. 6 following the 2024 general election held yesterday: “Today, as our nation prepares to take a new direction ...

Readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: The story of this encounter in this Sunday’s gospel is often referred to as “The Widow’s Mite,” a mite being the smallest of coins.

Just as C. Diane Biggs had always been there for them, her friends and colleagues at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center gathered at the St. Ursula Chapel in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Nov. 5 for her ...

Ahead of the general election, OSV News spoke with Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, on the importance of local as well as presidential ...

Q: Please explain what an indulgence is and how it can reduce or eliminate the time a soul must spend in purgatory. A: Indulgences are perhaps one of the more misunderstood parts of Catholic practice.

Christians should make a practice each night of identifying signs of hope, even small ones, that came their way during the day, Pope Francis wrote. Living the virtue of Christian hope means “knowing ...

Former President Donald Trump was elected to a second term in the Oval Office four years after he lost his run for a second consecutive term, according to multiple projections. Trump’s election Nov. 5 ...

The Holy Spirit helps the faithful understand that praying to God is praying to a loving and merciful father, Pope Francis said. “The Holy Spirit comes to aid us in our weakness” and “testifies to us ...