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French priest Henri Caffarel, founder of Teams of Our Lady, declared venerable by Pope Leo XIV
7+ hour, 7+ min ago (1104+ words) April 6, 2026 Almudena Mart'nez-Bordi" News Briefs 0 Print A married couple that leads the Teams of Our Lady, founded by newly-declared Venerable Father Henri Caffarel, explains how this lay apostolate helps couples grow together in holiness. Father Henri Caffarel, a French priest…...
Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (744+ words) April 6, 2026 EWTN News Staff News Briefs 0 Print The Divine Mercy Novena begins each Good Friday and ends on the first Sunday after Easter. The novena originates with Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM, canonized a saint in…...
Disenchantment or Desecration? An interview with Carl R. Trueman
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (1193+ words) You cannot, says the author of The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity, "take the morality or rationality built on Christianity and argue for its ongoing stability once that faith has been abandoned." April 6, 2026 Carl…...
PHOTOS: Pilgrims keep watch with Eucharist at altars of repose in Rome
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (555+ words) April 3, 2026 Ishmael Adibuah News Briefs 0 Print On Holy Thursday night, the Eternal City was alight with candlelit altars housing the blessed sacrament. ROME " Hundreds of pilgrims in Rome visited churches to pray before special side altars containing the blessed sacrament,…...
PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Vatican
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1109+ words) April 2, 2026 EWTN News Staff News Briefs 0 Print Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday returned the Mass of the Lord's Supper to the Basilica of St. John Lateran, reviving a papal practice last observed there in 2012 under Benedict XVI. Departing from Pope…...
Pope Leo XIV: ‘Kneel down as brothers and sisters alongside the oppressed’
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (1092+ words) April 2, 2026 Marco Mancini News Briefs 0 Print On Holy Thursday, the pontiff urged Catholics to imitate Christ's service in a world marked by brutality. Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday returned the Mass of the Lord's Supper to the Basilica of…...
PHOTOS: Holy Thursday chrism Mass at the Vatican
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (324+ words) April 2, 2026 EWTN News Staff News Briefs 0 Print Pope Leo XIV celebrated a chrism Mass at the Vatican on April 2, his first as pope after being elected as supreme pontiff in May 2025. The Mass included the traditional blessing of the holy…...
Miami archbishop, top U.S. diplomat decry persecution of Church in Nicaragua during Holy Week
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (804+ words) April 2, 2026 Walter S'nchez Silva News Briefs 0 Print Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau lamented the severe persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. During Holy Week, the archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, and the second-in-command…...
Here’s what the Holy Thursday Seven Churches Visitation devotion is all about
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (639+ words) April 2, 2026 EWTN News Staff News Briefs 0 Print The devotion involves traveling to seven local churches after the Mass of the Lord's Supper on the evening of Holy Thursday. The Visitation to Seven Churches is a Holy Thursday devotion primarily practiced…...
Pope says Christian mission counters ‘imperialist occupation of the world’
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (1353+ words) April 2, 2026 Victoria Cardiel News Briefs 0 Print At the Holy Thursday chrism Mass, Leo XIV said the Church must reject domination, power, and "calculated strategy" in favor of humble service, unity, and peace. Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday proposed Christian…...