ROME 23/04 – Day 02: Palm Sunday
Sunrise in Rome was 6:50 and sunset 19:38. The Ave Maria rings at 200o. It was Palm Sunday. Welcome new registrants: MTN Stefan Lignum armycook jbrennan
Anointed for death
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A Zambian religious of the Missionaries of Africa killed in Burkina Faso.
A representative of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) confirmed the death of the young Zambian missionary in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Read all
Here Is Pope Francis’ Schedule for Holy Week and Easter 2023
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Square for Easter 2022. Pope Francis has been scheduled to preside over nine Masses, liturgies and devotions between April 2 and Easter Monday, April 10.
See What the End Shall Be…
The Passion, which we read in the liturgy for Palm Sunday, is too long to comment on in detail, so we will only examine a portion of it here. It may be of some value to examine the problems associated with the more moderate range of personalities involved. The usual villains (the Temple leaders, Judas, […]
Viganò’s Message on Palm Sunday
My heart hath expected reproach and misery : And I looked for one who would grieve together with me, but there was none : And I searched for one who would comfort me, and I found none : And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. -Ps 68:21-22 […]
Catholic school enrollment post-pandemic: an interview with the NCEA president
null / Credit: Cherries/Shutterstock St. Louis, Mo., Apr 2, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA). Catholic schools in the United States have grown in enrollment for two straight years, reaching record levels in some dioceses. Nationwide, Catholic enrollment j… […]
Full text of Pope Francis’ homily for Palm Sunday 2023
Pope Francis presided over Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square on April 2, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 2, 2023 / 04:25 am (CNA). Pope Francis presided over Mass for Palm Sunday 2023 in St. Peter’s Square on April 2. Below is the full text of his homily: “My God, my God, […]
Harvard student finds her answers in the Catholic Church
LyLena Estabine, a junior at Harvard University, is in the OCIA program at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and plans to join the Church at the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023. / Credit: LyLena Estabine Boston, Mass., Apr 2… […]
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday 2023: Lost, confused, forgotten? Jesus is with you
Pope Francis presided over Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square on April 2, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 2, 2023 / 05:15 am (CNA). On Palm Sunday, Pope Francis said Jesus voluntarily took on the pain and abandonment of his Passion and Crucifixion so that he could be with us in whatever […]