Grassroots group to host Good Friday prayer marathon for persecuted Christians
- Apr 7, 2020
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On the cross, God’s loving nature is revealed, pope says
- Apr 8, 2020
Jesus chose to reveal his divine majesty not through miracles or wondrous deeds but on the cross where God’s love for humanity was manifested, Pope Francis said.
Crown of Thorns will return to Notre Dame Cathedral for Good Friday
- Apr 7, 2020
Nearly one year after a fire ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the city’s archbishop will briefly return to the cathedral its most prized relic, the Crown of Thorns, for veneration on Good Friday, the day in which Catholics commemorate Jesus’s suffering and death.
Gomez: Churches may be closed, but ‘Lord’s heart remains’ open to all
- Apr 7, 2020
Disease and death have darkened the world this Lent and Holy Week, with our societies shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, but “we know that our Redeemer lives,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Photographing Palm Sunday where the pope usually celebrates funerals
- Apr 6, 2020
Pope Francis celebrated a somber Palm Sunday Mass in a location he goes to most frequently for the funerals of deceased cardinals.
As Pope opens Holy Week under lockdown, debate swirls around Easter
- Apr 6, 2020
With Easter just days away, debate continues to swirl about how accessible churches and pastors should be on the holiest day on the Christian calendar – and, for that matter, whether Easter ought to be celebrated next Sunday at all.
Opening Holy Week under quarantine, Pope tells suffering, ‘You are not alone’
- Apr 5, 2020
On Palm Sunday Pope Francis began his livestreamed Holy Week liturgies telling the suffering that Jesus endured a painful death to ensure that are not alone, and that the current COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak is an opportunity to love and serve others, as he did.
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