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catholicregister.org > item > 3711-at-colosseum-pope-leo-carries-the-cross-leading-thousands-in-good-friday-prayer-for-suffering-world

At Colosseum, Pope Leo carries the cross, leading thousands in Good Friday prayer for suffering world

12+ hour, 41+ min ago  (539+ words) Pope Leo XIV leads the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome April 3, 2026. Inside the ancient arena of the Roman Empire that crucified Christ, Pope Leo XIV carried the cross through the darkness of night on Good Friday…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3709-jerusalems-holy-week-embraced-with-silent-prayer-intimate-liturgies-as-war-continues-to-escalate

Jerusalem's Holy Week embraced with silent prayer, intimate liturgies as war continues to escalate

12+ hour, 11+ min ago  (927+ words) Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa celebrates Mass of the Lord's Supper in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, in Jerusalem, April 2, 2026. Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3666-sr-thecla-lived-life-with-god-s-gusto

Sr. Thecla lived life with God’s gusto

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (547+ words) I don't intend to turn this column into an obituary column, but we just lost two nuns in less than three months, and I must say something about the latest passing, that of our dear Sr. Mary Thecla Paolini, FSP,…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3665-accepting-christ-s-joy-overcomes-fear-sorrow

Accepting Christ’s joy overcomes fear, sorrow

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (722+ words) Rembrandt's Christ and St. Mary Magdalene at the Tomb. We're poor, we humans walking the earth. We're nothing in the vast universe, and can keep nothing. If God forgot us, even for a micro-second, we wouldn't exist. Maybe that's why…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3707-pope-leo-xiv-on-holy-thursday-jesus-teaches-us-how-to-love-at-the-last-supper

Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday: Jesus teaches us how to love at the Last Supper

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (900+ words) Pope Leo XIV kisses the foot of a clergyman after washing it as he celebrates the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper in the Basilica of St. John Lateran at Vatican April 2, 2026. Pope Leo XIV washed and kissed the…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3667-just-look-on-any-street-to-find-jesus

Just look on any street to find Jesus

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (768+ words) It has been a long winter here in the city. Mounds of snow four feet high have bedecked the sidewalks for well over a month. Finally, the warmth of summer was tentatively beginning to tease the end of winter as…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3676-change-invites-us-to-stay-with-christ

Change invites us to stay with Christ

2+ day, 49+ min ago  (302+ words) I never walk alone" In all this staying with and walking beside through Lent, I have been thinking of Jesus" request to his disciples to stay with him in the Garden in the hours before His passion. And it feels…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3668-regina-high-schools-spread-easter-hope

Regina high schools spread Easter hope

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (666+ words) Haitian students aided by High Schools for Hope. A culmination of a project started long ago, and the continuation of another, has seen Regina Catholic school students and staff quietly transform Lenten spirits into stories of real hope. Across the…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3683-the-resurrection-gives-life-purpose

The Resurrection gives life purpose

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (313+ words) Archbishop Cardinal Frank Leo speaking at the Ordinandi Dinner, March 2025. Below is an Easter message from Cardinal Frank Leo. My Dear Brothers and Sisters," Praised be Jesus Christ. Happy and Holy Easter to you." Holy Mother Church celebrates with the…...

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catholicregister.org > item > 3664-resurrection-through-life-experience

Resurrection through life experience

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (819+ words) Word of God the "seed which falls into our hearts" 'Arise: A 50-Day Journey into the Mystery of the Resurrection' delves into how the promise of Christianity's most glorious event, Jesus conquering death, was gradually through scripture, starting with the…...