The Holy Saturday experience

An updated guide to celebrating the most important liturgical events of the year at home during lockdown (Part IV)

Pope Francis tells priests at Chrism Mass: ‘The cross is non-negotiable’

Pope Francis told priests at Thursday’s Chrism Mass at the Vatican that “the cross is non-negotiable” when preaching the Gospel. “The preaching of the Good News is mysteriously linked to persecution and the cross,” Pope Francis said in his homily on April 1. The pope went further to say that “the preaching of the Gospel […]