The original plan was strongly criticized by Ukrainian Catholic leaders. Read more
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa was preaching in St. Peter’s Basilica in the presence of Pope Francis. Read more
‘This year we celebrate Easter not to the joyful sound of bells, but with the noise in the ears of... Read more
‘War is everywhere,’ he told interviewer Lorena Bianchetti. Read more
Here is the full text of the Via Crucis at Rome’s Colosseum led by Pope Francis. Read more
Cardinal Sandri said: ‘It is truly a providential opportunity for the whole Catholic Church to take advantage of this collection.’ Read more
Sorry, Cleveland baseball fans (the Catholic ones, anyway), there is no dispensation from fasting and abstaining because of the Guardians’... Read more
The two families will carry a wooden cross together for the 13th station in the Colosseum. Read more
The Vatican’s liturgy office said it would not be issuing COVID-19 guidelines for Holy Week liturgies this year. Read more
Cardinal Sandri said ‘families have suffered beyond measure’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
The pope will once again preside over the Via Crucis at the Colosseum on Good Friday. Read more
Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross, featuring meditations prepared by children, at the Vatican on Good Friday evening. Read more
On Good Friday, Pope Francis celebrated the Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord at the Altar of the Chair... Read more
Politics turned into ideologies have wounded fraternity in the Catholic Church, Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., said at the Vatican’s... Read more
Days before his death, Pope John Paul II was pictured holding a crucifix in his private chapel on Good Friday.... Read more
Begun in Peru in the 1600s, the tradition of reflecting on the last words of Christ from the cross is... Read more
Pope Francis has chosen a scouting group from central Italy and kids from a Roman parish to prepare the meditations... Read more
Virginia’s Catholic bishops lamented a decision by the state’s governor to sign abortion legislation passed in the Virginia legislature earlier... Read more
Pope Francis prayed for those who are serving the suffering as he presided at the Stations of the Cross in... Read more
“I am close, I am close to you all,” Pope Francis said on Good Friday, making a surprise call-in to... Read more