“The Scriptures point unswervingly to the need to keep the poor and the powerless at the forefront of our thoughts and actions,” Cardinal McElroy said.
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, canonized by Pope Leo XIV Sept. 7, now has a special connection to Washington. A parish in the nation’s capital that has …
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“These people, their livelihoods, their families have been shook up … (when you’re) out of a job, that’s painful,” said Hilly Trinity’s pastor.
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“We must abandon the fists, weapons, and tools of violence we hold in our hands, and stop creating and using nuclear weapons.”
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Groups of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics processed down the national shrine’s main aisle, led by pilgrims carrying arches of colorful crepe-paper flowers.
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — When Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory became the first African American cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church Nov. 28, 2020, some of his thoughts were …
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A scholar who has written about the moral implications of atomic weapons and now is writing a book on the historic legacy of faith of Catholics …
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (OSV News) — The Nativity — the gift of Jesus to the world on Christmas — was brought to life in a poignant way Dec. 24 during …
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — On a day when history was made 60 years earlier with the March on Washington, Father Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in …
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Sixty years ago when she was a student at George Washington University, Diane Patterson met her future husband, Gerry Tolson, in economics class. After the first …
