The Vatican announced today that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Maria Montserrat Alvarado, a Mexican-American lay woman, as head ...

Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became patroness of the United States before the Vatican officially defined that belief ...

Each of the joyful mysteries of the rosary was prayed at the basilica with a related Scripture reading and a special intention for peace.

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Editor’s Note: On Saturday, as our EWTN News sister news agency ACI Stampa reported, the faithful joined Pope Leo in praying the Joyful Mysteries at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens, the ...

Joining Pope Leo XIV in a worldwide rosary for peace, several hundred people gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 2026 to seek ...

The pilgrimage, whose theme is ‘One Nation Under God,’ will travel the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Route from Florida up the eastern seaboard before concluding July 5 in Philadelphia.

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The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicked off in St. Augustine, Fla., May 24, as Catholics gathered for Pentecost Mass ...

Star-Spangled Banner; Washington’s uniform; Jefferson’s lap desk; Dorothy’s ruby slippers; American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith. There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian museums on the ...