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In preparation for Pope Francis’s visit on Sept. 23, the Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Catholic University of America is hosting a Papal Visit Discussion Series. The series will be led by a [...]

Catholic University will celebrate its annual Mass of the Holy Spirit this Thursday, Sept. 3, at 12:10 p.m. In his address following communion, University President John Garvey will encourage [...]

At a recent meeting with youth in Rome, Pope Francis recounted a brief conversation he had with a 92-year-old Italian. He reminisced that while riding through a crowd in his Popemobile, he [...]

Several Catholic University faculty members have personally encountered Pope Francis. Below is one in a series of stories on their encounters. Brian Engelland, interim dean of the School of [...]

In the last three years, I attended the annual meetings of the Engineering Deans of Catholic Colleges and Universities (EDCU) in the U.S. and had the honor to serve as organizing co-chair of the [...]

Students, alumni, and faculty members from the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will be among the talented local musicians providing music as the Pope celebrates the canonization Mass of Blessed [...]

Here inside the Beltway as we plan for Pope Francis’s visit to us, it can be easy to forget that the original impetus for his travel to the United States was the World Meeting of Families, hosted [...]

Last year’s theme for the World Day of Peace was “no longer slaves, but brothers and sisters.”  As a result, we saw the Pope continually return to themes of freeing human beings from every form [...]

Pope Francis is making the life and teachings of Jesus Christ central to his papacy. He is drawing from his Jesuit formation to fearlessly promote the gospel teachings and a vision of a church [...]

Since June 18, Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’, has captured much attention. Indeed, it garnered attention long before that — with commentators lauding or lamenting it before one syllable [...]