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Lent

Changing the world demands changing direction, pope writes for Way of Cross

April 19, 2025
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News

Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.

Love, not power saves the world, papal preacher says at service with Vance

April 18, 2025
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News

Jesus, who redeemed humanity by giving up his life on the cross, shows that it is not strength that saves the world, but the “weakness” of boundless love, the papal preacher told thousands of people gathered for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

Ahead of Holy Thursday, Irish priest forgives radicalized teenager who stabbed him

April 16, 2025
By Sarah Mac Donald
OSV News
Filed Under: Lent, News, World News

In a powerful courtroom moment just before Holy Week, Irish Army chaplain Father Paul Murphy forgave the radicalized teenager who tried to kill him in a 2024 knife attack.

The story of the melted bunnies

April 15, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window

Weeks and weeks ago, I was walking down the seasonal aisle at the grocery store when I stopped to look at the Easter candy. I spotted chocolate bunnies who were posed as if they were taking selfies. I thought of my niece in college several states to the north. I knew she would be amused. […]

What are the 14 traditional Stations of the Cross?

April 15, 2025
By D.D. Emmons
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent

Unlike the followers of Christ on that Good Friday, we know that the 14th station is not the end, that death does not win; rather, in his sacrifice, we find the sure knowledge of eternal life.

Papal preacher: Faith in Resurrection means not clinging to the past

April 11, 2025
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Lent, News, Vatican, World News

The temptation to cling to the past — to hold on to what was, including something sacred — can keep believers from truly embracing the hope offered by the risen Christ, said the preacher of the papal household.

Passion play in Poland’s ‘Valley of Death’ reminder of dark past, invincible Christian hope

April 10, 2025
By Filip Mazurczak
OSV News
Filed Under: Lent, News, World News

In Bydgoszcz, Poland, a powerful Passion play performed on Palm Sunday is bringing new life to one of World War II’s darkest chapters.

Bible-based films for Holy Week and Eastertide

April 9, 2025
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Easter, Lent, Movie & Television Reviews

With Easter approaching, viewers of faith may want to dip into this store of vintage offerings, especially in search of pictures suitable for the whole family.

Papal preacher: Resurrection is power rooted in love, not domination

April 4, 2025
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Lent, News, Vatican, World News

Jesus’ resurrection is not a triumphant display of power over his enemies, but rather a quiet, radical act of love that invites believers to rise from their own failures with joy and humility, the preacher of the papal household said.

Rain and tears

April 3, 2025
By Effie Caldarola
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent

As the rain falls softly, we know the lesson of Lent: that as we listen to God’s voice in our lives, we also stand on sacred ground.

steps and a sidewalk decorated in colored chalk by children

All that we offer

April 2, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window

When I make beef vegetable soup, I am incapable of making the right amount for our family of four. We always end up with extra. So, after I made a pot of soup this week, I texted my sister to see if she’d like some for her, her husband, and their six children. Treasa wrote […]

Loving sinners, admonishing sin

April 2, 2025
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent

If the Cross of Christ shows us anything, it is that loving sinners requires a willingness to suffer.

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