“Our Lady helps us see Jesus. She opens doors,” he said. “Our Lady is the mama who takes us by the hand and leads us to Jesus ...

(This column is part of “The Light of Faith and Care at the Sunset of Life,” a series on the Catholic Standard website and newspaper on the Catholic response to end-of-life issues. This series is done ...

Just as C. Diane Biggs had always been there for them, her friends and colleagues at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center gathered at the St. Ursula Chapel in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Nov. 5 for her ...

Christians should make a practice each night of identifying signs of hope, even small ones, that came their way during the day, Pope Francis wrote. Living the virtue of Christian hope means “knowing ...

The Holy Spirit helps the faithful understand that praying to God is praying to a loving and merciful father, Pope Francis said. “The Holy Spirit comes to aid us in our weakness” and “testifies to us ...

Readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: The story of this encounter in this Sunday’s gospel is often referred to as “The Widow’s Mite,” a mite being the smallest of coins.

Designed to present a portion of the Gospel narrative to fans of mixed martial arts fighting and heavy metal music, the biblical drama “The Carpenter” (Purdie) adds a whole new meaning to the term ...

The dean of seminarians at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore is “going home” to become coadjutor and future bishop of Oslo, Norway. Msgr. Fredrik Hansen, a Sulpician, also serves as ...

Ahead of the general election, OSV News spoke with Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, on the importance of local as well as presidential ...

On Sept. 22, a group of parishioners gathered in a conference room at St. John the Baptist Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland to talk about politics. It is no secret that conversations about politics, ...

With Scripture readings, prayers, hymns and a procession, about 70 people gathered at dusk on Nov. 2 – All Souls Day – at Sacred Heart Parish in Bowie, Maryland to commemorate, honor and remember the ...