The Second Last Word: "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." (Lk 23:43)
The First Last Word: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Lk 23:34)
Instead of presiding over the nighttime Way of the Cross seated atop a hillside overlooking Rome's Colosseum, Pope Francis followed the service from his Vatican residence, spiritually united in prayer with the 20,000 people gathered outside the ancient amphitheater April 7.
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Alone, without God, humanity is nothing, the papal preacher told Pope Francis and thousands of people gathered for the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion.
"As believers, it is our duty to show what there is behind or underneath" proclamations of relativism and nihilism,
The Divine Mercy novena originates from mercy himself: Jesus Christ. “The novena is one of the elements of devotion to the Divine Mercy that Jesus gave to St. Faustina,” Fr. Matthew Tomeny, the rector of the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy
Church leaders, experts give thanks for 25 years of ‘landmark’ Good Friday Agreement but say more is needed for Northern Ireland ‘peace dividend’
Prayers will be said at Masses and other religious ceremonies across Ireland and Northern Ireland this Easter weekend to give thanks for 25 years of peace marking the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
Signed on April 10, 1998, the accord brought an
Twenty-five years after the Good Friday Agreement ended 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland, Church leaders say that while the treaty brought peace to the region, it also helped usher in an era where religious identity has faded and secularism has
Jesus suffered and died 2,000 years ago, but Catholics today can still attend a reenactment of his funeral and burial — in the Holy Land. “The funeral procession of Jesus Christ is a unique liturgical procession that only takes place at the
Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said.
"This year we celebrate Easter not to the joyful sound of bells, but with the noise in the ears of bombs and
As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics to examine their consciences for ways they may be harming the unity of the Catholic Church.
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