Pope Leo XIV on Palm Sunday sharply condemned war and the use of religion to justify violence, saying during Mass in St. Peter’s Square that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.” ...

Jane Austen’s classic novel “Sense and Sensibility” is on the silver screen once again. The beloved story, which follows the Dashwood sisters as they make new life for themselves in the wake of their ...

The remnants of Hurricane Isaias swept through the Washington region and forced the annual Lord of Miracles celebration indoors Oct. 11 at St. Ann Church in Arlington. But the weather did not dampen ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected dean of the College of Cardinals, succeeding Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who has held the position since 2020. The Filipino prelate is the first ...

As Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and Richmond Bishop Barry C. Knestout observed in their recent pre-election letter to Virginia Catholics, “In Virginia, every year is an election year. However, the ...

The morning of 9/11, some 23,000 military and civilian employees began a normal day’s work at the Pentagon in Arlington. At 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 struck the western façade of the ...

Richard Joseph Martin, 85, of Falls Church passed away Aug. 17. Many knew him as “Coach” from his days as a wrestling coach at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, where he also taught English ...

The start of every school year brings a certain excitement: shopping for school supplies and clothes; learning different subjects and making new friends; and maybe even the big move from intermediate ...

I have grown over the years in my appreciation of the truth and beauty present in today’s passage from Matthew’s Gospel. When I was younger, it bothered me that Jesus appeared to be unusually harsh ...

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge is urging Catholics to vote “no” on two of the three proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot in Virginia this fall. Speaking on the July 22 edition of the “Walk ...

Dominican Sister Martina Sofia Bucheli, a former parishioner of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Great Falls and an alumna of Oakcrest School in Vienna, was one of 12 young women who made their first ...

As a young adult, Deacon Raymond E. Goins, 34, wandered from the faith. A career in the military jump-started not only his faith but also his future vocation as a priest. Deacon Goins grew up the ...