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Church leaders call for healing, reconciliation at Mass of solidarity with migrants in Minneapolis

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Pro-abortion professor withdraws from University of Notre Dame institute appointment

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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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Pope Leo XIV pens book introduction: ‘Only peaceful hearts can build a world of peace’

New resources to encounter Christ this Lent 2026

Mass readings for March 1

‘The Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave’

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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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At Black History Month Mass, Bishop Campbell emphasizes that God is DEI

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish marks 100 years in the ‘heart of Bethesda’

Blessed Sacrament defeats St. Elizabeth’s for boys’ CYO basketball championship

In team’s first season, St. Thomas More captures CYO girls’ basketball championship

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Catholic legal network’s coalition challenges key claim blocking immigration from 75 countries

Pro-abortion professor withdraws from University of Notre Dame institute appointment

US bishops end lawsuit against Trump administration over refugee resettlement

Pope Leo XIV to embark on 10-day Africa tour, trips to Spain, Monaco

Faith

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Why do the bones of St. Francis draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims?

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the model of ‘perfect inculturation,’ Pope Leo says

‘Christ is my identity, my foundation,’ says Catholic player on US women’s hockey team

St. Francis’s relics open to public for first extended veneration in 800 years

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Review: “David: King of Israel”

Team USA’s hockey gold honors Catholic hockey star tragically killed with brother in 2024

New Knights of Columbus video series explores ‘dignity of work,’ how it ‘builds virtue’

The Olympics and why the Catholic Church cares about sports

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Junior Saints: How students are drawing closer to Jesus during Lent

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

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Care for Creation

Caring for creation this Lent

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