2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (344+ words) The 10 Golden Apple Award-winning teachers for this school year in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington were honored at a May 21 awards dinner at The Hotel at the University of Maryland in College Park. The teachers each received a golden…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1128+ words) Retired Bishop John H. Ricard, the first Black bishop to be an auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and to head the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, died May 20 at St. Joseph's Seminary in Washington. Bishop Ricard, also a nationally respected advocate…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (712+ words) Pope Leo XIV exhorted graduating students at his alma mater to take with them three key values that define the Augustinian tradition, while reflecting on the foundational principles of the U. S. as it marks its 250th anniversary. The pope's words were shared…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (366+ words) A group of U. S. bishops, most from the U. S. -Mexico border region, wrote a May 20 letter to members of Congress expressing "grave concern" with budget legislation that would provide an additional $72 billion for immigration enforcement. The letter came the same day Senate…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (786+ words) Before the Declaration of Independence was boldly signed in 1776, before pilgrims feasted at what became popularly regarded as the "First Thanksgiving" in 1621, there was St. Augustine, Florida. The coastal Florida city was founded in 1565 by Spanish Catholic explorer Pedro Men'ndez…...

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6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (457+ words) Retired Army Lt. Gen. John Dubia tries to never miss the annual Memorial Mass for the U. S. Archdiocese for the Military Services. At 82, the Leesburg, Virginia, resident and lifelong Catholic attends to remember his friends from the 1966 graduating class of the…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (459+ words) Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," will be published May 25, addressing artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity, the Vatican has announced. The encyclical, the title of which is Latin for "Magnificent Humanity," was signed by the pope…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1448+ words) The more than 500 students, families, teachers, parishioners, neighbors, friends and community members along with some dogs running in the streets and park near Holy Redeemer Catholic School in Kensington, Maryland, for its annual Cardinal 5 K and Half-Mile Fun Run on…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (716+ words) As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, it should reflect on how the American understanding of equality is grounded in the belief that all people are equally children of God, Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, said May 17 at…...