Lent can certainly seem like a drudgery for much of the time. Some of us possibly fell a bit short on some of our Lenten disciplines and offerings—at least I did.
Spring is here, thank God we live in Alabama!
Spring brings many familiar events or recollections of past celebrations. I would like to talk about one event dear to my heart, the Rite of Election.
United States Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, attended a Passion liturgy at the Vatican Friday, part of a visit which comes amid tensions with the Holy See on the issue of migration.
Pope Francis despite technically observing a two-month period of rest after a 38 day hospitalization ventured out twice Thursday, once to greet hospital staff who cared for him, and once to greet...
With much of the world ravaged by global conflicts belonging to what Pope Francis has dubbed al a “third world war fought piecemeal,” an international association dedicated to promoting peace and...
“From the beginning, I spoke of a plot against me: An investigation built on falsehoods, which five years ago unjustly devastated my life and exposed me to a pillory of global proportions,” Cardinal...
Renata Sedmakova
Karl Geiger, “Via Crucis,” 1876, St. Johann der Evangelist
‘The Lord has need of it’ — a small detail in the Passion narrative that reveals...
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Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, gives the homily during a two-hour Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and his family attend the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025.
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Orazio Gentileschi, “Christ Carrying the Cross,” 1605, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Good Friday reminds us that even in our moments of failure, Christ...
Bénédicte Cedergren
The altar at The Venerable English College in Rome visited Holy Thursday 2025.
The number represents the seven final places Jesus visited...