On Good Friday, papal preacher says Jesus died for everyone, none excluded
ROME – In a service Friday commemorating Jesus’s suffering and death on the cross, papal preacher Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa said his sacrifice was for everyone, no exception, and was illustrative of God’s true power, found not in might, but in loving sacrifice. Speaking during a March 28 Good Friday Passion service in St. Peter’s Basilica, […]
Papal preacher: The Lord’s power is his love, rejection of revenge
“The concern of the risen Jesus is not to confuse his enemies, but to go and reassure his dismayed disciples ,” he said.
‘Viacrucis migrante’ caravan calls attention to plight of migrants during Holy Week
MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — One year after the Ciudad Juárez migrant detention center fire, a caravan of approximately 2,000 migrants called “Viacrucis migrante” set out from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula at the start of Holy Week. The reference to the crucifixion of Christ — reenactments of which are commonly called via crucis […]
Holy Land Patriarchs call for an ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Holy Land message
Christian leaders say they fully recognize the intense suffering that surrounds the Holy Land, as well as in many other parts of the world, as the faithful mark Holy Week. “[We] repeat our denunciation of all violent actions in the present devastating war, especially those directed at innocent civilians, and we reiterate our calls for […]
Pope presides at Solemn Liturgy of Lord’s Passion on Good Friday
As Pope Francis presides at the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday, Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, preaches on the passage “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I Am”. Read all
Good Friday: His Yoke Is Easy and His Burden Is Glorious
Alexi J. Rosenfeld The Good Friday Via Crucis procession enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on March 29 in Jerusalem. COMMENTARY: Good Friday is a day in which Easter is active, not just anticipated.
Tears flow as pope washes feet of women inmates at Rome prison
As Pope Francis poured water over their feet, dried them with a towel and kissed their feet, 12 women inmates at Rome’s Rebibbia prison wept. The pope celebrated the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper March 28 at the women’s prison under a tent set up outside. The 12 women whose feet were washed by […]
Families of workers who perished in bridge collapse feel ‘inexplicable sadness,’ pastor says
Ever since the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed in the early hours of March 26, Redemptorist Father Ako Walker has been acting as a spiritual support to the families of six Hispanic construction workers believed to have perished in the tragedy. The pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in the […]
Mass Mentality: Priest’s Viral Video Spotlights Misunderstanding of the Eucharistic Sacrifice…
When an Indiana priest’s message on the Mass went viral on YouTube recently, the response revealed a hunger among Catholics to know more about the Church’s principal sacramental celebration. Father Jonathan Meyer of All Saints parish in Guilford, Indiana, was astounded when a 33-minute talk he had given at a Jan. 27 men’s conference in […]
The Violent World of Jesus of Nazareth…
Jesus of Nazareth was born into a violent world. Much like ours, only different. At the time Jesus was born, Judea and Samaria and Galilee had been under the control of the Roman empire for about sixty years. King Herod the Great ruled over these regions as a “client king” of Rome—meaning that he answered […]