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In the days leading up to Pope Francis’s visit to the United States in September, Catholic University is highlighting the work members of the CUA family are doing in the community. The [...]

In a previous blog, I noted that Pope Francis has recognized the power of and need for grassroots movements to help build a just society where the economy functions at the service of the people. [...]

The roof structure for the papal altar was assembled on Monday by workers employed by Showcall Inc., an events production company that will build key structures for the Mass on Sept. 23. At their [...]

The parking lot behind McMahon Hall is usually filled with cars belonging to students, faculty and staff, but over the next couple of weeks, the lot will be filled with equipment needed to [...]

In preparation for Pope Francis’s upcoming visit, students, faculty, staff, and alumni from Catholic University participated in “Serve with Francis Day” on Sunday, Sept. 13, in the Washington, [...]

There is a narrative out there in the media and among some pundits that Pope Francis — unlike his predecessors — is not really interested in family. He is said to be interested in the poor, in [...]

One of the sad things I saw when I lived in upstate New York was a diminishing number of people at Mass on Sundays. Just in the diocese of Albany, there were more than thirty churches that closed [...]

On September 23, after meeting with President Obama at the White House, Pope Francis will drive a parade route between the Ellipse and a portion of the National Mall in the Popemobile. This will [...]

Sometimes called “The Apostle of California,” Blessed Junípero Serra was once a successful university professor of theology in Majorca who was struggling with a secret, burning desire: he was on [...]

Several Catholic University faculty members have personally encountered Pope Francis. Below is one in a series of stories on their encounters. Although they did not greet him personally, [...]