Force and suffering: Suggestions for Lenten reading February 13, 2023By Kenneth Craycraft OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent The road to joy may be the path of suffering. Endo’s “Silence” is a brilliant account of that paradox, and perfect Lenten reading.
New translation tweaks to sacrament of penance take effect this Lent January 31, 2023By Gina Christian Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The experience of the sacrament of penance in the Roman rite will be slightly different this Lent, thanks to approved changes in the English translation set to take effect in a few weeks.
Good Friday gathering in Cumberland welcomes multiple denominations April 15, 2022By Greg Larry Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News, Western Vicariate A demonstration of Christian love was on display in Cumberland April 15 as an ecumenical Good Friday procession wound its way through a part of the city known as “Holy Hill.”
Ukrainian, Russian women hold cross together at Rome’s Via Crucis April 15, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said.
Before washing prisoners’ feet, pope tells them God always forgives April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Before washing the feet of 12 inmates, Pope Francis told them and other prisoners that God never tires of forgiving anyone who asks.
For Catholics, first in-person chrism Mass in two years is like a reunion April 14, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, World News For many U.S. dioceses, this year marked the first chrism Mass to draw a capacity crowd of congregants since before the pandemic. For the last two years, COVID-19 turned most in-person liturgies into livestreamed events.
Grace of priesthood is given for service, not priests’ glory, pope says April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News With some 1,800 priests concelebrating and renewing the promises made at their ordinations, Pope Francis celebrated the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 14.
St. Ambrose parishioners reach out to Park Heights community April 11, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News Capuchin Franciscan Father Paul Zaborowski, pastor of St. Ambrose, led a team of parishioners through parish neighborhoods on the vigil of Palm Sunday, inviting residents to Easter Sunday liturgies by leaving hundreds of invitation cards and palm crosses in mailboxes and on doors and windshields.
Let’s Go on a Pilgrimage April 10, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window Weeks ago, one of my colleagues suggested that we go on a retreat. It sounded wonderful, but I thought it might be impossible. Spring is an incredibly busy time at work. Would we ever be able to step away? We picked a possible day to go, but I wasn’t sure it would happen. Something would […]
A Tribute to Tuna April 7, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window From sea to can to dinner plate, A tuna feast is quite first-rate.
5 things to know about Holy Week April 7, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Easter, Feature, Lent, Local News, News Five things Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore should know about the upcoming Holy Week:
How to work for mercy at home April 4, 2022By Laura Kelly Fanucci Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Lent The works of mercy call us to look closer: to see those around us as Christ, too. Often it’s easier to say we love humanity, but harder to love the human beings in our own home.
