Triduum Archives

Vatican asks bishops to help faithful celebrate Holy Week, Easter at home

Mar 25, 2020

The Vatican has asked Catholic bishops around the world, both in the Latin rite and the Eastern Catholic Churches, to provide their faithful with resources to support personal and family prayer during Holy Week and at Easter, especially where COVID-19 restrictions prevent them from going to church.

By Cindy Wooden

Vatican issues decree for Holy Week liturgies with pandemic restrictions

Mar 20, 2020

While conferences and meetings can be postponed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter cannot, with the exception of the chrism Mass, said the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.

By Cindy Wooden

Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet

Apr 18, 2019

Jesus’ gesture of washing his disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and prison employees on Holy Thursday.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Silencing of bells now makes Easter joy all the more palpable

Apr 7, 2019

After enjoying the lightheartedness of Laetare “Rejoice” Sunday last weekend, we are now called by the Church into the somber “second phase” of Lent.

By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Pope to celebrate Holy Thursday with prisoners

Apr 3, 2019

Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper with prisoners in Velletri, about 36 miles south of Rome.

By Carol Glatz

A triduum, or two, too many: Rome Diocese tries to unify celebrations

Mar 29, 2019

The Diocese of Rome has decreed that non-parochial churches — which outnumber parish churches nearly 3 to 1 in the city — shouldn’t hold Triduum celebrations.

By Cindy Wooden