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 ...
With people forced to stay home, even during Holy Week, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the archbishop of Turin has announced a special online exposition of the Shroud of Turin, which many believe is the ...
With a small procession down the vast and empty central nave of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis began the first of a series of Holy Week liturgies celebrated without the presence of the faithful from ...
For the first time in historical memory, Holy Week and Easter prayers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the traditional site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus, will be bereft of pilgrims and ...
Besides Christmas, Holy Week holds the most iconic and beautiful music in our Catholic culture. While we may not be able to experience the riches of Holy Week music in church this year, in the ...
With public gatherings, including Masses, banned in Italy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Vatican published an updated version of Pope Francis' schedule for Holy Week and Easter. In a March 27 statement, ...
American Catholics are facing an unimaginable Holy Week this year. With the suspension of public Masses throughout every diocese in all 50 states, there will be no Palm Sundays in our parishes, no Triduum liturgies, ...
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 ...
The Vatican office that distributes free tickets to papal events has posted a notice on its website that "the liturgical celebrations of Holy Week will take place without the physical presence of the faithful." While ...
The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household.
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