‘The most important and beautiful day of history’: Pope Francis on Easter 2023
The ritual sequence, sung in Latin, recalls how the apostle Peter, of whom the pope is the successor, was one of the first witnesses to Christ’s resurrection, after St. Mary…
Pope Francis at Easter Vigil: ‘Rediscover the grace of God’s resurrection within you’
Easter Vigil Mass at the Vatican on April 8, 2023. Daniel Ibanez/CNA In his homily, Pope Francis asked people to remember the place where they came to know Jesus personally…
Wikipedia had the wrong Vatican City flag for years. Now incorrect flags are everywhere
“Cultural communities in general have turned to flags in a stunning way,” Becker commented, citing in part a proliferation of cheaply made, mass-produced flags. And, anecdotally, there seems to be…
Wild West nun Sister Blandina is focus of planned TV series ‘Trinidad’
“I think her faith played an enormous role. It was the sole motivating factor in everything that she did,” Fitzgerald commented. “She made an impact where she could … She…
Was this Italian Easter sweet miraculously invented by an Irish saint?
According to the legend, Queen Teodolinda, who was living where the town of Pavia, Italy, now lies, had heard the great reputation for holiness of an Irish missionary and abbot…
6 hot-button issues Pope Francis and Gen-Z confront in new Disney doc
“Therein lies a theological problem,” answers Francis. “Women have a function within the Church because the Church itself is female … The Church is a wife, Christ’s wife. It is…
Catholic prevention organization: Mexico ranks first in human trafficking and child abuse
In a June 2020 Mexican Senate bulletin, Congresswoman Verónica Beatriz Juárez Piña said that Mexico was exporting 60% of child pornography worldwide and that the rate had shot up to…
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…