There are Christmas trees in the vestibules of so many churches, inviting parishioners to purchase a gift for a child in need ...

A short, simple statement — "Marley was dead"— ranks high in any list of most famous first line in all literature. Marley, we ...

Pope Francis will inaugurate the opening of the Holy Year 2025, a jubilee year for the universal church with the theme ...

After readers submitted their nominations for this year’s “Herald Angel,” staffers at the Catholic Herald chose to honor ...

Throughout the now-concluded Diocesan Golden Jubilee year, Catholics across the diocese found a plethora of reasons to ...

Petty also experienced the impact of coffee shop evangelism when a female student approached him and Father Miserendino ...

What’s distinctive about your parish? Bishop Michael F. Burbidge formally decreed the establishment of St. Gabriel the ...

The deacon said that it was the third Sunday of Advent. Of course, we all know that couldn’t be true. Advent just started a ...

The 46-day 2025 Virginia General Assembly session begins Jan. 8. In a sense, it has already begun.

Pope Francis called on Catholics to focus their Holy Year 2025 pilgrimages on Jesus Christ, who is both the path and ...

A combined choir of 60, including representatives from the children’s choir, presented the annual Lessons and Carols program ...

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge has appointed three new members of the diocesan Catholic Charities board of directors.