Saint John Paul II National Shrine

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Archbishop Wilton Gregory at the 2020 Mass for Life in Washington, DC.

Archbishop Gregory invited to JPII Shrine Trump event days before public statement

Jun 8, 2020

By JD Flynn

The White House said Sunday that Washington’s archbishop was invited to attend an event with President Donald Trump several days... Read more

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit the Saint John Paul II National Shrine, to lay a ceremonial wreath on June 2, 2020.

JPII shrine says Trump visit long scheduled, while Archbishop Gregory opposes visit

Jun 2, 2020

Amid burgeoning conflict regarding the president’s response to riots across the country, President Donald Trump visited the Saint John Paul... Read more

World Youth Day in Brazil, July 28, 2013.

WYD Unite event brings together youth from across the nation

Jul 26, 2017

By Adelaide Mena

On one of the hottest days of the year, more than 1,300 young people from around the country gathered together... Read more

Mass is said at the St. John Paul II Shrine in Washington, D.C., for the late Pope's optional memorial, Oct. 22, 2014.

Hundreds flock to US shrine to celebrate first feast of St John Paul II

Oct 22, 2014

By Adelaide Mena

Hundreds of pilgrims and faithful from all states of life flocked to Washington, D.C.'s St. John Paul II Shrine on... Read more

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“Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” is a new documentary film exploring the life of Carlo Acutis that will be coming to theaters in the spring of 2025.

Carlo Acutis film gains backing from National Eucharistic Congress, McGrath Institute

Pope Francis smiles at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

Papal trip confirmed: Here is what Pope Francis will do in Corsica on Dec. 15

Archbishop Boris Godziak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiparagi of Philadelphia.

Ukrainian archbishop encourages Trump to go to Ukraine

A groom flashes a peace sign at wedding-goers while processing out of St. Mary’s Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, after having his marriage sacramentally blessed at the Marriage Mass on Oct. 19, 2024.

Couples find sacramental marriages ‘in God’s perfect timing’

The relics of St. Thomas Aquinas are kept in Toulouse, France, where the Dominican order was founded.

Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas to visit Washington, DC, on international tour

Farm workers.

Catholic Campaign for Human Development spent $11.4 million over its budget

Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva has over 420,000 followers on Instagram and 130,000 on YouTube.

Priest accused of being involved in alleged plot to assassinate president of Brazil

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi during an interview with CNA in Rome on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

Archbishop of Tokyo: An aging society like Japan’s will not be able to survive

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, photographed here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X account, Nov. 20, 2024.

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richards

Missouri’s bishops are urging the state to forgo executing a Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month

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