‘The Mother of All Holy Vigils’: Jerusalem Basilica is First Place to Announce Easter
Marinella Bandini With the incense burned from the newly blessed fire, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, incenses the “Stone of Anointing,” located at the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, where, according to tradition, the body of Jesus was anointed and prepared with aromatic oils for burial. March 30, 2024. […]
Catholic Cemeteries on the Front Line Against Secular Fear of Death
Magnus Binnerstam Sun shining down on gravestones inside a cemetery in the United States. The emphasis on death as a medical event needs to be re-presented with the Christian truth that death is the passage to eternal life, Nobes noted.
The US is at a crossroads on immigration. What should the Catholic Church do next?
During this election year, the issue of immigration has risen to be a top concern for many U.S. voters, writes Kevin Appleby. How should Catholic advocates, including bishops, react to the shifting political landscape?
Sisters help transform lives of disabled children and youth in Nepal
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth operate Navjyoti Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, where children and young adults with disabilities receive life skills and vocational training.
Pope Francis celebrates Easter 2024: ‘Jesus Christ is risen’
Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 31, 2024 / 08:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday 2024 before giving the traditional urbi et orbi blessing in the presence of approximately 60,000 […]
Pope Francis on Easter: May the risen Christ open a path of peace in the Holy Land
Pope Francis gives his urbi et orbi message and blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 31, 2024 / 08:45 am (CNA). In his Easter Sunday blessing, Pope Francis asked t… […]
‘The mother of all holy vigils’: Jerusalem basilica is first place to announce Easter
With the incense burned from the newly blessed fire, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, incenses the “Stone of Anointing,” located at the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, where, according… […]
Full text of Pope Francis’ urbi et orbi blessing for Easter 2024
Pope Francis gives his urbi et orbi Easter blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA Vatican City, Mar 31, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA). On the morning of Easter Sunday 2024, Pope Francis p… […]
Keeping the Faith with Fr. Aidan Nichols
In several ways, Fr. Aidan’s Nichols’ Apologia is a keeping faith with positions he has held for many years. He remains full of hope about the conversion of Anglo-Catholics, even though he laments the unreadiness of the […]
Saint Francis and the post-Kantian critique of knowledge
There is a philosophical problem we’ve faced in the West for some time that can be summarized as follows: “In the movement of post-Kantian thought, conceptual knowledge was indeed called into question. For Schleiermacher, the […]