The Vatican published Pope Francis' calendar for Holy Week and Easter, which includes the Way of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum for the first time in two years.
The annual commemoration of Christ's passion at the Colosseum was canceled in 2020 due to
As Catholics entered Holy Week March 28, during Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, Archbishop José H. Gomez reflected on how again the celebration is happening in the midst of a pandemic.
"The lesson
The Office of Papal Charities has purchased enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to offer inoculations in Rome to 1,200 of "the poorest and most marginalized people who, because of their situation, are the most exposed" to the coronavirus.
The office, run by
Throughout Holy Week, the Church’s liturgies walk the faithful through the most dramatic events of salvation history. They are longer, typically, and not necessarily what the lay faithful are used to experiencing on most Sundays and holy days of obligation throughout the
The Vatican published Pope Francis' calendar for Holy Week and Easter, which due to coronavirus restrictions, will be celebrated primarily in St. Peter's Basilica with a very small congregation.
While the pope is expected to preside over most of the liturgical celebrations, he
“This life is always pointing us home — to our true home,” writes Ava Lalor in her latest column about the tension of Holy Week. She continues: “And yet, we will always feel the tension in some way. Maybe you are still
OSV publisher Scott P. Richert reflects on Palm Sunday to the foot of the Cross. A priest once said in his homily, “Some of those who greeted Christ with loud hosannas as he entered Jerusalem in triumph were undoubtedly among the crowd
As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its first full year, the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments reminded bishops that the guidelines it issued last year for celebrating the Holy Week and Easter liturgies would still be valid this year.
Local bishops
Disease and death have darkened the world this Lent and Holy Week, with our societies shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, but "we know that our Redeemer lives," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Even in this extraordinary
With people forced to stay home, even during Holy Week, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the archbishop of Turin has announced a special online exposition of the Shroud of Turin, which many believe is the burial cloth of Jesus. On Holy Saturday,