Tag: Lent

  • April 8, 2021

After a too-long Lent, cardinal gives ideas for an extended Easter season

After what feels like "a truly trying Lent of 400-plus days" because of the coronavirus pandemic, Christians need...
  • April 6, 2021

Cardinal, at pope’s Good Friday service, decries divisions within church

As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, the preacher of the papal household called...
  • April 6, 2021

Sharing the Gospel means embracing the cross, pope says at chrism Mass

Living and preaching the Gospel always involves embracing "the cross," whether it be in the form of misunderstanding,...
  • April 1, 2021

In new Apostolic Exhortation, Bishop Olmsted calls clergy, religious and laity to deeper faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist

In new apostolic letter, Bishop Olmsted calls upon priests and laity to embrace a deeper love for and...
  • March 31, 2021

Let the children come to me: Pope’s Via Crucis meditations written by kids

Knowing that Rome, like all of Italy, would be under varying degrees of lockdown during Holy Week and...
  • March 31, 2021

Christ’s cross a beacon of hope in stormy seas, pope says at audience

The commemoration of Christ's passion, death and resurrection during the Easter triduum brings much-needed hope to a world...
  • March 29, 2021

In Holy Week, Jesus and Mary show us ‘meaning of love,’ says archbishop

As Catholics entered Holy Week March 28, during Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of...
  • March 29, 2021

After Bloody Saturday, Myanmar Catholics pray for peace, those who died

While Catholics in Myanmar observed Palm Sunday, many in the Buddhist-majority country were crying at the funerals of...
  • March 29, 2021

Suicide bomb attack disrupts Palm Sunday Mass at Indonesian cathedral

A suicide bomb attack on a Catholic cathedral compound shattered the calm of Palm Sunday Mass, leaving two...
  • March 29, 2021

In silent Church of the Beatitudes, Franciscan nuns expand their prayers

The palm tree fronds in the convent garden of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary...