In the spotlight: Lenten confession, St. Patrick’s Day, Sea of Galilee boat
Photos of the Week: March 20, 2023
Pope to open Lenten prayer, penance service at Rome parish
This year the pope will celebrate the initiative, “24 Hours for the Lord,” with confessions March 17-18.
Bishops add some spiritual ‘meat’ to St. Patrick’s Day dispensations
With St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Lenten Friday this year, many U.S. bishops have issued dispensations from abstinence on March 17, allowing the faithful to enjoy the American Irish tradition of eating corned beef (or ham) and cabbage in good conscience.
Vatican II’s openness is needed in today’s church, cardinal tells Curia
In a reflection for Lent 2023, the cardinal said March 3 that the Second Vatican Council was a “prophetic initiative” to respond to the church’s refusal to engage with modern society in the 19th and 20th centuries and a model for the church’s renewal.
Jonathan Roumie’s Lent: fasting, sharing faith, and a new film on the ‘Jesus people’
The actor relies on his Catholic faith to guide him both on and off screen, and cites Mass, confession, adoration and the Liturgy of the Hours as priorities.
Photos of the Week: Feb. 27, 2023
In the spotlight: Ukraine war anniversary, Ash Wednesday, remembering a murdered bishop
Bishop grants dispensation for St. Patrick’s Day
Bishop Patrick Neary has granted Catholics in the diocese a dispensation from the obligation to abstain from meat on Friday, March 17.
Film stars, genocide survivor, podcasting priest kick off Hallow ‘Pray40 challenge’
Alex Jones, co-founder and CEO of the popular Hallow prayer app, has tapped actors Mark Wahlberg, Jonathan Roumie and Jim Caviezel, as well as “Bible in a Year” podcast host Father Mike Schmitz and Rwandan genocide survivor and author Immaculée Ilibagiza, for the Lenten initiative.