Mark Zimmermann

Now the most decorated U.S. female Olympian in history, Katie Ledecky paid a visit Oct. 22 to her high school alma mater, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, along with her home parish, Church of the Little Flower.

Pope Francis' goal of synodality for the Catholic Church — with people from different backgrounds, circumstances and experiences coming together to listen to and learn from each other about how to reflect Christ's Gospel in today's world — unfolded in a Feb. 28 podcast and dialogue featuring Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory, joined by four Catholic young adults.

On a day when history was made 60 years earlier with the March on Washington, Fr. Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in the nation's capital, noted that the campus ministry program there was making history of its own, with the blessing and dedication of its new Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center.

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington made a special homecoming to Illinois April 29, where the Chicago native was among six 2023 recipients of the Order of Lincoln, the state's highest honor for professional achievement and public service.

During Black History Month in February, Catholics are being invited to register to attend this summer's National Black Catholic Congress, which over the years has made history of its own.

In a dramatic ceremony, Peter K. Kilpatrick was installed as the 16th president of The Catholic University of America, emphasizing the school's Catholic identity and pledging to work to help it become the nation's "premier Catholic research university."

The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is "a monument of humanity," French architect Philippe Villeneuve told a Washington audience.

Just as people seek wise counsel in legal matters, so too should people prayerfully seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus called the Counselor, said Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, New York.

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington promulgated liturgical norms July 22 for implementing Pope Francis' apostolic letter "Traditionis Custodes" ("Guardians of the Tradition"), which limits celebrations of the Mass according to the rite used before the Second Vatican Council.

A Catholic church in the Washington suburb of Bethesda was one of three houses of worship along the same road to be victimized by vandalism the weekend of July 9-10.

Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory wore a white hard hat instead of a bishop's miter as he processed to the altar April 26 for the second annual Building Trades' Workers Memorial Day Mass at St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring.

Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory and Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy concelebrated an Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral where they called for prayers and aid for Ukraine.

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory in an interview said he was doing well and happy to be back at work.

Exactly one year after he was made a cardinal by Pope Francis, Cardinal Gregory was again presiding at Mass.

The ruling noted that with Holy Week and Easter approaching, the Catholic archbishop of Washington sought emergency relief from regulations under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

In a major address on confronting the sin of racism and working for racial justice, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the nation's first African American cardinal, said a "healing of America's soul" is needed.

The archdiocese claimed the District's hard cap on religious services singles out religious groups for more restrictive COVID-19 limitations on public gatherings than those placed on businesses and other venues in the city.

With the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting financial crisis impacting many individuals and families, Catholic Charities has seen a dramatic growth in the need for providing food to those in need.

The Archdiocese of Washington expressed disappointment that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a federal appeals court ruling that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's prohibition of religious advertising did not violate the First Amendment.

Once the Vatican releases the McCarrick report, the church must listen to the reaction to it in a "spirit of humility" and must seek to "make reparation, learn and keep moving forward in a new way," said a leading U.S. woman religious.