Convert looks forward with joy to Easter, says path to church has been ‘a joyous journey’ April 8, 2023By Linda Petersen OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Lent, News, World News The “Elect” are the catechumens, who will be baptized, confirmed and receive the first Eucharist at Easter Vigil, April 8.
Papal preacher: Nihilism is the ‘black hole’ of the spiritual universe April 7, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Alone, without God, humanity is nothing, the papal preacher told Pope Francis and thousands of people gathered for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion.
Annual Good Friday nationwide prayer vigil for victims of abortion continues post-Roe, organizers say April 6, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Respect Life, World News An annual Good Friday pro-life prayer vigil that takes place in locations across the country will continue post-Roe, organizers said.
Pope tells priests: Be agents of harmony, not division April 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 6, the pope addressed his homily to about 1,800 concelebrating priests in the basilica on what he called “the birthday of the priesthood,” the institution of the Eucharist that is celebrated on Holy Thursday.
Amid war, Paschal Triduum takes on deeper meaning for US Ukrainian Catholics April 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, Lent, News, World News As Russia’s brutal attacks on Ukraine continue, the Paschal Triduum has taken on an even deeper meaning for Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S.
Holy Week is time for spring cleaning, including spiritually, pope says April 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News During Lent this year, residents of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis lives, decided to clean out their closets and give away things other people could use. “You can’t imagine how much stuff there was,” the pope said.
A friend indeed April 5, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Lent How fortunate we are to find strength and support in our friends – and offer them our love and support in return. We can be sure that those connections are no accident.
Chrism Mass brings together Catholics for oils, affirmation of priesthood April 4, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments More than 1,000 joined the celebration – including more than 140 priests, 70 deacons and 60 seminarians and candidates for the permanent diaconate.
Pope Francis and the Grieving Mother April 3, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window That exchange with those grieving parents has had a deep impact on my Holy Week. The way the pope holds the mother and reaches out to the father shows such compassion and love. The way he pauses to pray with them as if they are the only people in the world is such a beautiful gift.
Holy Land patriarchs in Easter message place ‘ultimate hope only God’ amid increasing attacks on Christian sites April 3, 2023By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Feature, Lent, News, World News Just as early Christians were sustained by the words of St. Peter describing Jesus’ resurrection as offering a “new birth into a living hope,” so too should the Christians of the Holy Land today be encouraged and empowered by this knowledge as they face tumultuous times, when their own faith continues to be tested, said the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in their March 31 Easter message.
Pope says be close to those ‘abandoned’ like Christ: unborn, migrants April 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Lent, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The unborn, migrants, the elderly and the disabled are “living icons” of Jesus that call Christians to draw close to those who feel abandoned just as Christ did on the cross, Pope Francis said.
On the brink April 3, 2023By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Easter, Feature, Lent The redemptive act of Christ, done in obedience to the Father’s saving will, embraced the full range our triumphs, tragedies and sins.
