During Holy Week—the most sacred time of the Catholic calendar—Catholic Charities of Central New Mexico , a social justice arm of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe posted on its social media accounts promoting transgender events and pro-abortion…
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…
Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Holy Thursday Mass as pope in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, washing the feet of twelve Roman priests—a marked contrast with Pope Francis, who during his pontificate performed the ritual with prisoners,…
This is the week when we contemplate, more than any other week, how much we are loved. This is the week when the words of John’s Gospel, that we are “given power to become children of God,” are brought to fulfillment. This is the week when we…
Benjamin Netanyahu says the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem will now have “full and immediate access” to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after police had prevented him from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass there. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the…
“The sculptor arrives at his end by taking away what is superfluous.”– Michelangelo to Benedetto Varchi, 1549 The greatest artist of the Renaissance is famous for something he may never have said: “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until…
No Palm Sunday procession from the Garden of Olives. No Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday. The war unleashed by the United States and Israel against Iran is now leading to the official cancellation of the traditional Christian Holy Week rites…
Germany’s long-serving apostolic nuncio turned 75 on Tuesday, reaching the age at which bishops are expected to tender their resignations to the pope. Archbishop Nikola Eterović celebrated his milestone birthday Jan. 20, days after a private…
Marking the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Leo XIV presided over Holy Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for some 5,800 faithful. At the start of the Mass, the Pope closed the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica, the last of the Holy Doors…
The Church, “expert in humanity” (as Pope Paul VI put it), knows that the mystery of Christmas (like that of Easter) is so great that it cannot be adequately plumbed – let alone celebrated – in a single day. And so, taking a page out of our…
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