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In statement, Cardinal McElroy asks for prayers for Pope Leo who will undergo surgery

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In statement, Cardinal McElroy asks for prayers for Pope Leo who will undergo surgery

Catholic Mobilizing Network statement denouncing announced livestreaming of execution

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Photo Gallery: Bishops Studniewski and Boxie Ordained as Auxiliary Bishops for Washington

Photo Gallery: 'Almost Heaven' — Bishop Menjivar Installed in West Virginia

Photo Gallery: Five separate pathways, one destination: Cardinal McElroy ordains five new priests for the Archdiocese of Washington

Photo Gallery: Bishop Menjivar leads Corpus Christi Mass and procession in solidarity with immigrants and refugees

Photo Gallery: ‘One Nation Under God’ National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Comes to Washington

Photo Gallery: Asian and Pacific Island Catholics celebrate faith and heritage at Marian pilgrimage

Photo Gallery: Cardinal McElroy celebrates Blue Mass honoring those who protect and serve

Photo Gallery: Celebration honoring Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the U.S. Virgin Islands, first African-born bishop serving in the United States

Photo Gallery: Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Matthew

Photo Gallery: Good Friday Way of the Cross procession and liturgy at St. Matthew's Cathedral

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‘Transitus’ at Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land marks 800 years since St. Francis’s death

Ground broken for new Athletics Center that will be a game changer for Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School

Celebration of Filipino faith to be held Oct. 17

At annual Red Mass, Archbishop Broglio urges lawmakers to ‘direct our thoughts in the ways of peace’

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Military archbishop denounces ‘public spectacle’ of Hasan execution, obliges Catholic recusal

Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ attack on dignity of human person

Prayers encouraged for Pope Leo XIV, as he announces that he will undergo surgery to remove lung nodule

US bishops’ president condemns ‘barbaric’ Pentagon plan to livestream execution

Faith

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Novena, resources respond to ‘urgent pastoral challenge’ of mental health

At Vatican meeting on marriage and family, bishops discuss cohabitation of young couples

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land holds Transitus service to mark 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi

Pope Leo opens Vatican bishops’ meeting calling attention to the ‘fragility of families’

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Mike Ditka dies at 86: A life of football, fire, and Catholic faith

Blockbuster feature film on modern mystic is ‘an extraordinary story of an ordinary woman’

Vatican to publish Pope Francis’s private diary

Catholic actor’s new sketch comedy series evangelizes through laughter

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Junior Saints: Respecting God’s gift of life in Respect Life Month

Junior Saints drawings and writings: Happy 250th birthday, USA!

Junior Saints: Caring for the environment

Students’ artwork of Jesus during Holy Week and Easter, and writings about what Easter means

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Care for Creation

Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation message

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for September is ‘for the care of water’

Pope Leo says, ‘It is not yet too late’ to care for creation

Opportunities for Catholics to participate in celebrating the Season of Creation