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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

At Colosseum, pope carries the cross, leading thousands in Good Friday prayer for suffering world

by Courtney Mares

When asked earlier in the week about his decision to carry the cross for all 14 stations, Pope Leo told reporters that he saw it as a sign …

Good Friday liturgy underscores need to break ‘this chain’ of violence
Jerusalem’s Holy Week embraced with silent prayer, intimate liturgies as war continues to escalate
Pope Leo XIV calls Israeli, Ukrainian leaders on Good Friday, urging peace
‘I carry all these sufferings, too, in my prayer’: Why Pope Leo XIV is carrying the cross at all 14 stations Good Friday
Full text: Stations of the Cross meditations Pope Leo XIV will pray at Colosseum
Washington Roundup: Bondi fired, tentative DHS funding deal struck, Johnson Amendment case dismissed

U.S. Church

Matisse’s 14 stations, depicting the ‘most profound of human dramas,’ on exhibit in Baltimore

by George P. Matysek, Jr.

He consulted books, postcards and whatever else he could find showing how other artists had portrayed the events of Christ’s suffering.

Philadelphia archbishop ‘OK’ after mild medical episode during chrism Mass

‘In this dark hour of history,’ do not shy away from your mission, says pope at chrism Mass

Catholic leaders warn against antisemitism in Holy Week liturgies

Supreme Court hears case on birthright citizenship executive order with Trump in attendance

Thomas More Society is awarded $4.5 million in attorney fees in California gender secrecy case

As justices consider birthright citizenship, displaced mom says her US-born child ‘should belong’

World

In South Sudan, people have been through Way of the Cross, and long for Easter peace, bishop says

by Fredrick Nzwili

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) – A Catholic bishop in South Sudan says his people are living a real-life Way of the Cross, marked by suffering, violence and deep …

Cardinal Ouellet defamation suit against accuser awaits judge’s verdict after early March trial
Here’s a glimpse of Holy Week around the world
Jerusalem Church leaders decry death penalty law, ‘lifeless’ holy city ahead of Easter
Pope’s Palm Sunday peace appeal backed by Dalai Lama amid escalation of war
‘Like Jesus on the cross’: Priest abused in his youth asks Lord to forgive lay perpetrator

Cardinal Roche: Selflessness of Pedro Ballester is a witness for today’s youth

French Church gives ‘best to the poorest’ in landmark Paris architectural project

Georgetown’s Qatar campus remains closed as Iran threatens US schools in region

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday: Jesus teaches us how to love at the Last Supper

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

Some thoughts on washing feet

by Effie Caldarola

A saint’s final footsteps

by Octavio Duran, OFM

Guarding the heart and home: Raising holy families in a screen-saturated world

by Sister Nancy Usselmann

Reviews

St. Francis of Assisi in film

by John Mulderig
Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘What Christ Suffered’
Meet the Catholic filmmaker behind a new series on ‘Women of the Bible’
‘The Optimist’ tells story of Holocaust survivor helped by Catholic family
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