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USCCB calls for adoration hours, works of mercy to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary

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From foreheads to crowns: How Ash Wednesday looks different worldwide

Ask the Lord for the gift of true conversion this Lent, Pope Leo urges on Ash Wednesday

Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84; Catholic leaders praise civil rights leader’s work for justice

‘Marriage is part of God’s dream for humanity,’ bishop says at Wedding Anniversary Mass honoring sacrament and vocation of marriage

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Pope Leo XIV begins his papacy

This series follows the election, installation, and early pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, offering continuing coverage of his vision, teachings, and leadership of the universal Church. From the Sistine Chapel to Saint Peter’s Square, and beyond, the Catholic Standard chronicles the first steps of this new chapter in the life of the Church.

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From foreheads to crowns: How Ash Wednesday looks different worldwide

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Photo Gallery: Youth Mass and March for Life

Photo Gallery: Annual Mass to honor the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Photo Gallery: Annual Walk with Mary procession and Mass

Photo Gallery: Haitian Catholic pilgrimage to National Shrine for Jubilee Year of Hope

Photo Gallery: Commemorating Black Catholic History Month at Sacred Heart Parish

During a Nov. 15 commemoration of Black Catholic History Month at Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, Maryland, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington unveiled a new project that seeks to “honor those enslaved by the Catholic Church in Maryland.”

Photo Gallery: At White Mass, Cardinal McElroy encourages people to see as God sees, and recognize the gifts of all

Photo Gallery: Reinterment Ceremony at Brick Chapel in Historic St. Mary’s City

Photo gallery: 111 th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

Photo Gallery: Let the bells of Nagasaki echo to the world - 80th anniversary Nagasaki Peace Memorial Masses and interreligious dialogues to pray for world peace

Photo Gallery: First day of school at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Washington

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Cardinal McElroy celebrates Mass for school anniversary and Black History Month at St. John the Evangelist

Snow Ball brings winter cheer and community to Christian Beginnings Preschool in Prince Frederick

Bishop Campbell celebrates Black History Month Mass for St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School

Lay leaders reflect on consultations with cardinal and resulting pastoral goals for the archdiocese

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Holy See will not join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Cardinal Parolin says

Shevchuk says Ash Wednesday collection has helped ‘resurrect’ Church in Ukraine

USCCB calls for adoration hours, works of mercy to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary

Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84; Catholic leaders praise civil rights leader’s work for justice

Faith

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USCCB calls for adoration hours, works of mercy to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary

Georgia martyrs expected to be beatified in Savannah this Halloween

‘Remember you are dust’: Why people fill the pew on Ash Wednesday

Pope Leo XIV prays at Vatican’s Lourdes grotto for the sick on World Day of the Sick

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The bishop meets ‘the Boss’: New Jersey bishop has impromptu lunch with Bruce Springsteen

Catherine O’Hara’s Catholic roots

These Olympic athletes are leaning on faith going into the Winter Games

Olympics 2026: Pope calls for 'healthy competition' to unite people at Winter Games

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Junior Saints for 2026 Catholic Schools Week: ‘What I like about my Catholic school’

Junior Saints Christmas 2025 artwork and writings

November Junior Saints: Like St. Thérèse, students show their own ‘Little Way’ of drawing closer to Jesus

Junior Saints topic for November: Like St. Thérèse, students invited to show their own ‘Little Way’ of drawing closer to Jesus

Care for Creation

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Laudato Trees celebrates planting 1,000 trees in Archdiocese of Washington

Believers must care for the poor and creation, pope says

‘Creation is crying out,’ pope says in new message to COP30

Bishops, humanitarian leader urge bold, courageous action at UN climate conference