Letter to those entering the Church April 3, 2026By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Easter, From the Archbishop A most joyful day in my ministry as your bishop is the First Sunday of Lent when we celebrate the Rite of Election. It is a beautiful moment when the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen is filled to overflowing with those of you entering the Church, together with your godparents, sponsors, parish priests, catechists and friends.
Proclaiming Easter joy in digital spaces April 2, 2026By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter In a world filled with inauthentic social media posts, why not inundate those platforms with authentic Easter joy? If you fasted from social media for Lent, return with a purpose.
Consider feet. Actually, consider your own feet. April 1, 2026By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent This sudden spring awareness of feet coincides with our liturgical tradition: the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday. This powerful liturgical moment imitates the example rooted in John 13, when, at the Last Supper Jesus washes his disciples’ feet.
Via Crucis, 2026 April 1, 2026By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference The Way of the Cross — and the third, seventh, and ninth stations in particular — has been an especially appropriate Lenten devotion this year. Every day, it seems, some new craziness erupts in the world, the country, or the Church. Every time we think we see rays of hope and possibility, we take another fall.
Question Corner: Why did Jesus descend into hell if he was sinless? April 1, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner After his death on the cross, Jesus descended into the “hell” that was simply the netherworld in order to free the dead who had sought to love and honor God despite the original sin that bound them, in order that Jesus might bring them into the fullness of life
The truth about how early Christians celebrated Easter April 1, 2026By James L. Papandrea OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, Lent In the early Church, the feast day of the Resurrection of the Lord was simply called Passover, or some translation of that word, as it still is to this day in most languages of the world. This is where we get the word “paschal” in the Paschal Mystery. That just means, “the Passover Mystery.”
Good Friday adoration: Jesus kisses us from the cross March 30, 2026By Father Romanus Cessario OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent From the cross, the Innocent One, the Lamb without blemish, embraces his own suffering, mystical body. Wherever sin runs deep in our souls, Jesus heals it.
The slow work March 30, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church As much as we want to keep trying to fix a problem, maybe this is the time to hand it over to God. We can place whatever is troubling us into his hands, trusting that he will walk with us, moving mountains we cannot move and preparing us for the next step on our journey.
Five ways to observe the Triduum like the early Christians March 30, 2026By James L. Papandrea OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter What we call “Easter” is not only for the moment, as if it can just come and go like any other weekend. It’s about the past, present and future.
It’s Holy Week and You’re Right on Time March 29, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Lent, Open Window Whether you have been preparing since Ash Wednesday or are just deciding that you want to shift into a new mode now, the moment is yours.
How Triduum can strengthen love for Eucharist March 29, 2026By Christopher Carstens OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, Eucharist, Lent Jesus’ Paschal sacrifice is made really, truly present before our praying eyes on the altar at every Mass. And even after Mass, his body, blood, soul and divinity remain in our midst in the tabernacle. The Triduum attunes us to this reality each year.
Maryland’s Archbishop John Carroll: A Catholic bridge-builder in a fledgling nation March 28, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary, Feature A member of a wealthy and respected Catholic family, with excellent contacts among America’s political and social elite, Archbishop Carroll proved notably adept at building bridges with the non-Catholic world in a career spanning more than three decades.
