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.
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.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage seeks to be a sacred journey for U.S. at 250 years March 29, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage — which takes place as the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2026 — marks a moment for “a country still in conversion,” and “a country still on pilgrimage,” said Jason Shanks, president of the National Eucharistic Congress organization.
What is the point of a pilgrimage? March 28, 2026By Deborah Castellano Lubov OSV News Filed Under: Commentary What is the point of a pilgrimage? Where did this idea come from for Catholics? There is considerable evidence throughout Scripture, which supplies theological significance to the concept. Even today we see many embracing this activity with passion and the commitment of time and resources.
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.
6 ways Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco expressed her Catholic faith March 27, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News As Pope Leo XIV prepares to visit Monaco March 28, Americans will no doubt be reminded of another U.S.-born Catholic monarch — the actress-made-princess Grace Kelly, who lived in Monaco following her marriage to its Sovereign Prince Rainier III in April 1956 until her untimely death in 1982.
r/AskAPriest: The internet’s holiest forum March 27, 2026By Andrew Foster Northwest Catholic Filed Under: News, social media, World News The subreddit r/AskAPriest was created around five years ago. Father Jacob Maurer, one of its founders, said it stemmed from a need he and fellow priests who posted on r/Catholicism identified.
Vatican ‘unequivocally’ condemns slavery, counters ‘partial narrative’ in UN resolution March 27, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations condemned modern and historical slavery — while countering what he called a “partial narrative” in a newly adopted U.N. resolution denouncing the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity.”
Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Sheen to be ‘a moment of immense grace’ March 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced March 25.
Pope Leo’s Monaco trip to be ‘laboratory of peace’ March 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on a helicopter ride March 28 for a lightning-fast visit to the tiny city-state of Monaco, the journey is set to be a “laboratory of peace” in a wealthy land of “hidden poverties.”
