In the Gospel on Ash Wednesday, Jesus tells us about the three great tools for Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. He reminds us that we are supposed to do them quietly, behind the scenes, without ...

More than 375 educators and students from 43 girls’ schools across the United States, Canada and Guatemala gathered Feb. 6 at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland, for a ...

During an Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 18 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Takoma Park for students from Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School, Father Angel Fermin, the pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows, places ...

For example, waking up an hour or two before dawn to study Scripture devoutly might be helpful to a young university student, but might be overly taxing and thus spiritually counterproductive to a ...

The 19-year-old captured two silver medals and a bronze, becoming Poland’s first ski jumper to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics. But instead of a flashy celebration, Tomasiak asked for a ...

On Ash Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV encouraged Catholics to ask the Lord for “the gift of true conversion” at the start of the ...

Lacking heat due to Russia’s targeted attacks on Ukraine’s energy system, Ukrainians must survive as temperatures plunge to -9 degrees Fahrenheit (-23 degrees Celsius), he said, while “over our heads, ...

In 1597, the Spanish Franciscans Pedro de Corpa, Blas Rodríguez de Cuacos, Miguel de Añón, Antonio de Badajoz and Francisco ...

Scripture Reflection for the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, apostle (First Sunday of Lent): Lent calls for a return to ...

Catholic leaders were among those who praised the legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister and prominent civil ...

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Feb. 18, Ash Wednesday, at Saint Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

“Ash Wednesday is a way of looking ahead to Easter,” Father Morrill said. “And here in the Northern Hemisphere, that also ...