The pope celebrated the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the prison and washed the feet of 12 inmates — men and women of different ages and nationalities.
Before washing prisoners’ feet, pope tells them God always forgives
Grace of priesthood is given for service, not priests’ glory, pope says
Some 1,800 priests concelebrating and renewing the promises made at their ordinations, Pope Francis celebrated the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 14.
For Catholics, first in-person chrism Mass in two years is like a reunion
Concelebrated by a bishop and the priests of his diocese, the chrism Mass is marked by the blessing of the oil of catechumens and the oil of the sick and the consecration of the oil of chrism.
In Easter message, bishops urge prayers for papal visit to South Sudan
The bishops made the call in an Easter pastoral letter, released April 11 after they met in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to prepare for the visit set for July 5-7 under the theme, “May all be one.”
Knights say order’s evangelization training program really needed in church
The Knights’ training program draws on features in the model used by FOCUS to evangelize among college students to train members on how to evangelize.
Prayer apps are popular, but users cautioned to review privacy policies
Large investments have led to questions about how the apps — like most other apps and online services — use the personal data collected from users and whether such information is being monetized.
Ukrainians ask Vatican to reconsider plans for Via Crucis at Colosseum
For Eastern Catholics in Ukraine, Archbishop Shevchuk said, “the texts and gestures of the 13th station of this Way of the Cross are incoherent and even offensive, especially in the context of the expected second, even bloodier attack of Russian troops on our cities and villages.”
Eucharistic revival called ‘a movement’ that gets to core of Catholic faith
The newly named executive director of the National Eucharistic Congress sees the revival and congress as “a milestone moment” for the Church and “a generational moment” that can change lives.