Pope Francis visited the Vatican's COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Good Friday as volunteer doctors, nurses and pharmacists continued vaccinating the poor, homeless and refugees assisted by charities in Rome.
The Office of Papal Charities announced March 26 that it purchased enough doses of
If you’ve been Catholic for at least a few years, you will be familiar with a tradition celebrated on Good Friday in churches around the world — the adoration of the cross. But how did this tradition begin, and what does it
The support of Catholics worldwide is an invaluable resource for small Christian communities in the Middle East who have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a Vatican official said.
In a letter sent to bishops around the world and released by the Vatican
The coronavirus is not some form of divine punishment but a tragic event that, like all suffering in one's life, is used by God to awaken humanity, said the preacher of the papal household. "The coronavirus pandemic has abruptly roused us from
For the first time in his papacy, Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross from St. Peter's Square rather than Rome's Colosseum, where it has been held annually for more than five decades. Two rows of torches lit the pathway from
When Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, leads U.S. Catholics in prayer on Good Friday, it will be "a special moment of unity" at a time when the nation's churches are closed due
Recalling Jesus' death on the cross, Pope Francis led thousands on Good Friday in reflecting on the crosses of loneliness, fear and betrayal that crucify countless men, women and children in the world.
The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household.
Question: I recently heard a passage where Jesus says, “Give alms and all will be forgiven you.” I am not sure where it comes from. But it sounds like he is saying we can buy forgiveness. Is this so? — John Jackson,
Iraqis and Syrians returning to their homelands and refugees living abroad need the help of all Catholics and people of goodwill, said the Congregation for Eastern Churches.