Publisher Scott P. Richert reflects on the profound sense of absence and difference in Catholic churches during the 48 hours from the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday to the Easter Vigil, when the tabernacle sits empty, symbolizing Christ's death.
Catholics turned out in large numbers to celebrate Holy Week in Nicaragua. But the ruling Sandinista regime prohibited public exhibitions of faith -- such as processions and reenactments of the passion of Christ -- as it continued exercising control over religious activities
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
Former President Donald Trump selling branded Bibles should give Christians cause for concern, some Catholic scholars told OSV News. But one suggested humor may be the best response.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, recently announced plans to sell the $60 "God Bless the
Katie Prejean McGrady shares the beautiful gift of being present at her devoted grandfather’s death during Holy Week. She says Jesus spent his Holy Week patiently and slowly saying, “I love you,” repeatedly, and Jesus is amid our own Holy Weeks, by
Nearly every Catholic church depicts the 14 Stations of the Cross — moments of Jesus’ passion and death on the cross — so that the faithful can pray and reflect on them. Now, Catholics worldwide can also pray the stations while seeing,
Pope Francis told Catholics in the Holy Land that he knows Holy Week this year is "so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so little by the Resurrection."
In a letter published March 27, Pope Francis told the region's Catholics that he
Contemplating Christ's passion should inspire Christians to be more patient in the face of their own suffering and trials, Pope Francis said.
"There is no better witness to the love of Christ than meeting a patient Christian," Pope Francis said during his general
OSV News) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the faithful to renew prayers during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
"As the
As we prepare to enter into the most sacred days of the liturgical year, we have a prime opportunity to make up for any shortcomings that may have been part of our Lent this year, or to “level up” for a strong