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1+ hour, 8+ min ago  (871+ words) Antoine Mekary | Aleteia Via Crucis, Colosseum, Good Friday, 2019 The meditations for the Way of the Cross led by Pope Leo in the Colosseum were written by Franciscan Fr. Francesco Patton, former Custos of the Holy Land. Each of the Stations…...

33+ min ago  (450+ words) Mother and daughter Victoria Trujillo, left, and Dianne DeLeon make the pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimay" on Friday, April 4, 2026. Tens of thousands of people are walking to El Santuario de Chimay" today, reprising another year of the centuries-old Catholic…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1127+ words) As her condition worsened, so did the weather: An historic blizzard on Monday and Tuesday made travel nearly impossible. Then my sister called with the news that I had been dreading: My mom had developed pneumonia, often a precursor to…...

16+ hour, 6+ min ago  (383+ words) Pope Leo XIV's first Holy Thursday ritual marks a decisive return to tradition, contrasting sharply with Pope Francis' reformist and inclusive approach. In a significant symbolic shift ahead of Good Friday, Pope Leo XIV has reinstated traditional papal norms during…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (501+ words) Friday, 03 April 2026 01:40 PM EDT Pope Leo XIV will personally carry the wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a…...

36+ min ago  (333+ words) Kevin J. Sweeney brought Christ's peace and love to a group of inmates in Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, N.J., who joined him for a Holy Thursday Mass he celebrated at the facility a day earlier on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Father Owen…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (376+ words) SHREVEPORT, La. - Drivers along a busy Shreveport street slowed down Friday for more than traffic, as an evangelist marked Good Friday by handing out thousands of free wooden crosses and sparking conversations about faith. Evangelist Leo Lytle travels the country…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (1129+ words) Priests of the Diocese of Venice renew their priestly promises during the annual Chrism Mass March 31, 2026, at St. Leo the Great Parish in Bonita Springs. Bishop Frank J. Dewane speaks to the priests during the annual Chrism Mass March 31, 2026, at St....

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (256+ words) Catholics during Holy Week should continue to "pray ardently" for a de-escalation of violence in the Middle East, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement April 1. "During this holiest of weeks, let us…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (472+ words) Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Mt 28:1-10 "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad" (Ps 118:24). He is risen! Alleluia! "Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers [and…...