Friends, in today’s Gospel the chief priests and Pharisees unite in a plot to kill Jesus because he raised Lazarus from the dead. The Crucifixion of Jesus is a classic instance of René...
Italians sitting down for dinner and turning on the evening news were greeted by Pope Francis. RAI state TV broadcast a recorded message from the pope, who said: “Let pray to the Lord for all those...
While Pope Francis’s Way of the Cross service on Good Friday has been transferred to the Vatican because of the coronavirus pandemic, the meditations focus, as always, on those who share the pain...
On the Friday before Holy Week, Pope Francis asked people to keep a long tradition of Catholic piety by focusing on "the suffering and sorrows of Our Lady."
In a recent interview Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to practice solidarity with others, particularly developing...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The number of Masses, Stations of the Cross, meditations and other devotions being livestreamed by dioceses, parishes and other groups around country...
IMAGE: CNS Photo/courtesy Tanya Granillo de Vasquez By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Before Juan Vasquez says goodbye to wife Tanya Granillo de Vasquez and 1-year-old son Robert as he goes off to...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yves Herman, Reuters By Jonathan Luxmoore OXFORD, England (CNS) -- The Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Union has urged member-states to stop "capitulating to...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- After 11 years of U.S. economic growth, the statistics are staggering. First-time applications for unemployment benefits...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy The Walters Art Museum By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Correspondence can reveal a lot about periods of history and the letters written by popes during the Black...