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

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

Christmas celebrates the reason for our hope, as Sacred Scripture proclaims: "For today in the city of David a savior has ...

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

Local Catholic high school students recently spent the day at the diocese’s chancery offices and the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, dedicated to learning about the many cultures ...

On Nov. 13, a House committee voted to fast-track an extreme “right to abortion” amendment to Virginia’s constitution. The move clears the way for a House floor vote as early as the first day of ...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis will inaugurate the opening of the Holy Year 2025, a jubilee year for the universal church with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” The Holy ...

After readers submitted their nominations for this year’s “Herald Angel,” staffers at the Catholic Herald chose to honor three jointly nominated St. William of York Outreach volunteers. Take a turn ...

Parishes around the diocese are making the holidays merry and bright for those in need with the help of Giving Trees. Over the last few weeks, parishioners took home paper ornaments labeled with ...

When I was still in the stage of life where the Lord would ask me if I were open to a baby, it was very, very easy to meditate upon the Annunciation. It was so simple to imagine myself in a small home ...