Holy Chrism Mass in the Vatican Basilica

On Holy Thursday in the Vatican Basilica, the Holy Father Leo XIV presided over the Holy Chrism Mass, the liturgy celebrated on this day in all Cathedral churches. In his homily, he began by saying, “We are now on the threshold of the Easter…

The politics of Judas – The Catholic Thing

What motivated Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus Christ? Money? Revolutionary sentiment? If either, why did Judas bemoan his betrayal? If Judas did have such political motives, then his actions are more comprehensible to us. But the explanatory…

The Seven Last Words of Christ

It seems to be a fact of human psychology that when death approaches, the human heart speaks its words of love to those whom it holds closest and dearest. There is no reason to suspect that it is otherwise in the case of the Heart of hearts. If…