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He is often called the “people’s pope” and that couldn’t have been more evident than when Pope Francis arrived on CUA’s campus just before 4:00 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The crowd of 25,000 [...]

After months of preparation, involving thousands of people from the University community, more than 25,000 people flocked to the campus of The Catholic University of America Sept. 23 to hear Pope [...]

Pope Francis drove onto campus at 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Standing in the Popemobile, he greeted cheering people along the way around the Basilica circle, past Gibbons Hall, and turned [...]

For ticketed guests at the papal Mass, waiting is part of the experience. On big screens, the early faithful watched Pope Francis on his parade route along the Ellipse. They cheered along with [...]

Even though their official call time was not until noon, musicians from the CUA Symphony Orchestra and the University Chamber Choir were arriving on campus around 10 a.m., Wednesday, to warm up [...]

One thousand volunteers were the first to arrive this morning between 7 and 8 a.m. After picking up their credentials and official blue polo shirts, they had a few moments to enjoy the blue sky [...]

When word got out on the Catholic University campus that CNN news reporter Anderson Cooper was filming his show from the University Mall, students flocked to the area. Cooper dedicated most of [...]

Catholic University is alive with excitement Tuesday afternoon as the University community finishes up last-minute preparations for Pope Francis’s visit on Sept. 23. As musicians — including the [...]

“We are two days away from the Pope’s visit. Who has a ticket?” asks Paul Brazinski, a First Year Experience teaching fellow and doctoral church history student, of the freshmen in his “Faith, [...]

Campus Ministry has created a fun and very visual strategy for students, faculty and staff to share their faith and commitment to Pope Francis. They offered cut-out feet where the CUA community [...]