Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the faithful.
Holy Week/Triduum
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It will be the first time that a pope has carried the cross for every station in the Via Crucis in more than three decades.
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Pope Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday in his first Easter Triduum liturgy as pope, saying that Jesus taught us how to love …
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“By taking on the condition of a servant, the Son reveals the Father’s glory, overturning the worldly standards that so often distort our conscience.”
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8 takeaways from Pope St. John Paul II’s final Holy Thursday letter to priests
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsAs pope, John Paul II held a tradition of writing a Holy Thursday letter to priests his entire pontificate.
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Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to reject comfort, power and domination and instead embrace a mission rooted in self-giving love, even when it requires risk, vulnerability and suffering.
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Life is about love, and love means making a complete gift of oneself to God.
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Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Franciscan Custos Father Francesco Ielpo gave an annual pre-Easter press conference on March 31.
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It was not enough for God to give us the world. In his love and mercy, God wanted to give us something more.
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“I thirst” is the shortest phrase of the Lord’s last words (Jn 19:28). Short though it may be, it contains unsearchable depths.
