As Catholic dioceses in the United States go, Washington, D.C., isn’t especially populous (31st in number of Catholics), Catholic (a little less than the national average), or old (85 years).

The archbishops of Washington and Baltimore offered prayers on Thursday after a deadly plane crash near downtown Washington, ...

Catholic leaders from the Archdiocese of Washington and local first responders gathered in D.C. for their annual Blue Mass. Watch it live in the media player below: The noon religious ceremony at ...

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde was not removed from the National Cathedral by the Episcopal Archdiocese of Washington, a spokesperson for the cathedral has said. The narrative originated from a ...

U.S. Catholic bishops – joined by Pope Francis – are calling for prayer after a deadly aviation crash in the nation’s capital ...

In a statement on Thursday, Washington archbishop Cardinal Wilton Gregory said Catholics “throughout the Archdiocese of Washington today join men and women of goodwill here and around the world ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, currently bishop of San Diego, to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, replacing Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the U.S.’s first ...

The Washington Blade reports that in what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind event, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who has ...