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This Easter, Say, ‘Not Today, Satan. Not Ever. We Know Our Father Now’…

Not today, Satan. This Sunday is Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of The Lord and it’s a day to celebrate, because Satan has been unmasked for good, as a pathetic figure who only gains false power from lies. Let’s review what just happened. Satan thought St. Peter was his crowning achievement, but God knew better. Peter […]

St. John Cardinal Newman: Witnesses of the Resurrection

“Him God raised up the third day, and showed Him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead.” Acts x. 40, 41. {282} IT might have been expected, that, on our Saviour’s rising again… […]

A Step-by-Step Guide to the Easter Vigil Mass

Joe Klamar A Catholic family holds candles during the Easter Vigil at St. Mary of the Snows in Bratislava, Slovakia, April 20, 2019. The Paschal Vigil is the Great Liturgy in which the whole Paschal Triduum culminates.

The Surprising Story of St. Joseph of Arimathea

Vasily Perov (1833-1882), “Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Joseph of Arimathea at the Foot of the Cross,” Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow What insights can we glean from the Sacred Scriptures and other sources about Joseph of Arimathea?

Sagrada Familia basilica to be completed in 2026, foundation says

(OSV News) — After more than a century, construction of Spain’s Basilica of the Holy Family in Barcelona, known as Sagrada Familia for its Spanish name, will be completed in 2026, the foundation overseeing the project announced. During a March 20 press conference announcing the publication of the Sagrada Familia Foundation’s 2023 annual report, Esteve […]

Priest Prepares for ‘Crazy’ 1,500-Mile Eucharistic Pilgrimage

National Catholic Register Father Roger Landry is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts. He presently serves as the chaplain at Columbia University in New York City. Two years ago, Father Landry’s bishop commissioned him to be one of the 60 Eucharistic preachers — priests committed to making themselves available to preach on […]