Full text: Cardinal Cantalamessa’s homily at the Vatican’s Good Friday 2023 liturgy
Let us not judge, I repeat, the person whom only God knows. The consequences, however, that his proclamation has had we can and must judge. It has been declined in…
Good Friday at the Vatican: Papal preacher warns against relativism and ‘vortex of nihilism’
The Vatican announced earlier in the day that the 86-year-old pope, who was hospitalized with bronchitis last week, will not be attending the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum…
Crushed in an earthquake, shattered 15th-century cross restored in time for Easter
“A real miracle materialized, why? … The restorers were able to reconstruct the whole cross,” she said. She noted that the artwork is “one of a kind” and that few…
5 ways to solemnly celebrate Good Friday
Mass is not celebrated on Good Friday. However, Catholic churches will offer a service celebrating the Lord’s Passion with holy Communion and veneration of the cross. These services are normally…
The first hyper-realistic body of Christ based on the Holy Shroud is on exhibit in Spain
The hyper-realistic sculpture tries to present before the viewer a “body of human quality without artistic movement,” without interpretation, made from multidisciplinary scientific data based on studies on the Holy…
Which countries in the Americas do not celebrate Holy Week?
United States According to the official holiday calendar of the federal government, the country does not recognize any day of Holy Week as a holiday, but some states do. Connecticut,…
Statue of Mary smashed at California Catholic church
The vandal, a male, was caught on security cameras walking up to the statue and pulling it down, according to John Andrews, communications director for the Diocese of San Bernardino.…
Oregon denies adoption after woman refuses to back gender ideology, homosexuality
Bates, who is receiving pro bono legal representation from Alliance Defending Freedom, argued in her lawsuit that this requirement infringes on her First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, freedom…
A monk’s radical proposal for college today: ‘We’re convinced there is objective truth to be learned’
Belmont Abbey is not ignorant of these harsh realities. That is why, Solari said, it opened and currently operates an on-campus maternity home and pregnancy resource center to minister to…
Pope Francis washes feet of young inmates on Holy Thursday 2023
The platform allowed the pope to wash and kiss their feet without getting all the way on the ground as he has done in past years. Pope Francis washes and…
How immigration is hurting Honduran families — and what CRS is doing to limit it
Morales said that migration is not a situation that occurs because someone “really wants it” but mainly “because of the lack of employment.” “Our youth and families want to get…
Singing this song on Holy Thursday can purify your soul (and save you time in purgatory)
“An indulgence does not confer grace. An indulgence is not a remission of the guilt due to sin. The guilt due to sin is ordinarily taken away by the sacraments…