The Chicago-Born Villanova Grad, Now Known as Pope Leo XIV
• May 12, 2025

With the first plume of white smoke after the fourth ballot of the conclave, history was made. On Thursday, May 8, the world stood waiting with bated breath, wondering who […]

The Life of Ethel Kennedy: Pillar of Strength and Honor
• October 18, 2024

The echo of Ethel Kennedy’s legacy will forever resonate within our hearts and the annals of our nation’s history. Family and friends gathered at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in downtown Washington, D.C., to celebrate the life of Ethel Skakel Kennedy, born in 1928 in Chicago and […]

Not on a Whim, Woman Catholic Priest Celebrates Momentous Georgetown Mass
• September 22, 2022

The Roman Catholic Church wears its age well — and yet, after 2,000 years, is still developing new features, still growing into its body. Perhaps, for world religions, 2,000 years […]

‘Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch’
• January 9, 2019

Reviewed by Kitty Kelley Anyone who has followed the Kennedys knows the bar is high for books on the subject. Having been inundated for the past 50 years with hundreds […]

Local Catholics Grapple With Clergy Sex Scandals, Cover-Ups
• September 12, 2018

At Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church on 36th Street in Georgetown, before the final blessing and departing hymn, upcoming parish events are announced. On Sept. 2, after the […]