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

At Mass opening Catholic Schools Week in St. Mary’s County, bishop emphasizes dignity of life

Updated: 'No one here is too young to be a light,’ priest tells youth at Mass for Life

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New musical on life of Saint Bernadette, Lourdes visionary, begins US tour in Chicago

Amid tensions in Minnesota, Archbishop Hebda calls for conversion of hearts

Church has opposed artificial reproduction for nearly century, says author of ‘IVF is Not the Way’

Pro-life leaders say there still is ‘a lot that needs to be done’ by the Trump administration

Cardinal Tobin urges ‘no to violence,’ stop funding ‘lawless organization’ after protester killings

‘Crisis of relativism’ threatens peace in Europe, pope says

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Catholic leaders call for peace, prayer after second person killed in Minneapolis by federal agents

All Christians must humbly, joyfully invite others to trust in God, pope says

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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.

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the Archbishop of Washington

Saluting the Class of 2025

Looking back at Cardinal Gregory’s service as archbishop of Washington

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Affording Catholic schools: School choice programs, other options can help numbers add up

Text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily at vespers concluding the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Every parish, every Catholic, one important mission

John L. Allen Jr.: A Man for All Seasons, at a Roman Table

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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

Photo Gallery: In Hiroshima 80 years after atomic bombings in Japan, Pilgrimage of Peace events include Memorial Masses and Peace Symposium

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Cardinal McElroy issues dispensation from this weekend’s Masses due to anticipated severe weather

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

Father Milton Jordan, a priest for more than 50 years, dies at age 84

At annual Mass, Cardinal McElroy honors late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a ‘dreamer and prophet’

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Amid tensions in Minnesota, Archbishop Hebda calls for conversion of hearts

Pro-life leaders say there still is ‘a lot that needs to be done’ by the Trump administration

Cardinal Tobin urges ‘no to violence,’ stop funding ‘lawless organization’ after protester killings

‘Crisis of relativism’ threatens peace in Europe, pope says

Faith

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Church has opposed artificial reproduction for nearly century, says author of ‘IVF is Not the Way’

Peace is built on respect, only good can combat evil, pope says at Angelus

To know God, we must welcome Jesus’s humanity, pope says

Rorate ‘Mass by candlelight’ helps mark end of Jubilee Year observance at National Shrine

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New musical on life of Saint Bernadette, Lourdes visionary, begins US tour in Chicago

Movie review: ‘Hamnet’

Top 10 family films of 2025

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Junior Saints

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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

Junior Saints: What students did for Lent

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