TORONTO – The Second Vatican Council was the biggest stage in the history of the church. There were more bishops present than at any of the 20 previous councils stretching from the First Council of ...

Pope Leo XIV met new and prospective Catholics and their leaders Sept. 26, as he encouraged the Catholic Church in France to ...

At St. Ambrose School in Annandale, students in kindergarten through eighth grade are praying one decade of the rosary each ...

The Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington is hosting an exhibit celebrating the life and mission of Mother Teresa, ...

Mary Wilkinson, a retiree who lives in Fairfax County thinks there is something special in the air at St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel, on the grounds of George Mason University. “I don’t know what they ...

Dominican Sister Mary Paul of Christ Murphy died June 18, 2026, at age 84 at St. Dominic’s Monastery in Linden in her 57th year of religious life. She was born Carol Jean Murphy to Paul J. Murphy and ...

“Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark and saw the stone removed from the tomb.” I have a question for you. Why was the stone removed from the tomb?

It’s been 18 years since Thomas Vander Woude gave his life to save his son Joseph from drowning in a septic tank. Now, the Arlington diocese is investigating his cause for canonization. Bishop Michael ...

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge has asked all Virginia Catholics to join him in prayer and fasting throughout the month of October as voters consider two proposed amendments to the commonwealth’s ...

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Many Catholics pray the rosary. But seldomly do over 4500 Catholics gather to pray a 15-decade rosary together.

Isabella Cordova, of Seton School in Manassas, recently won the Daughters of the American Revolution American history essay contest. Her essay won first prize after advancing to the national level ...