9+ hour, 13+ min ago  (142+ words) Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to "live our lives as a journey" and prayed for the Church to "follow in the footprints" of Christ as he walked the Via Crucis on April 3. The pope personally carried the cross through…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago  (378+ words) The Holy Father carried the cross at the Roman amphitheater on Good Friday, the first time a pope has done so in several years. Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to "live our lives as a journey" and prayed for…...

13+ hour, 31+ min ago  (716+ words) VATICAN " Pope Leo XIV presided over the Celebration of the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica on Good Friday during which the preacher of the papal household exhorted Christians to "approach the Lord's cross without fear." The liturgy began with…...

20+ hour, 4+ min ago  (810+ words) Far from their home villages, about 200 migrant Catholic workers near Dhaka gathered on Good Friday to reenact the Passion at a church center that serves 1,700 faithful in the industrial zone. DHAKA, Bangladesh " In an industrial district 20 miles from Bangladesh's capital,…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago  (723+ words) Across France, more than 13,000 adults will be baptized this Easter, according to data released by the French Bishops" Conference " an increase of 28% compared with 2025." The Catholic revival that Paris has been experiencing over the past five years continues unabated, even…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (887+ words) Built in 17th-century Lithuania to mirror Jerusalem's topography, the Vilnius Calvary leads pilgrims through 35 stations over four miles of hills, valleys, and chapels. VILNIUS, Lithuania " On the northern edge of Lithuania's capital, pilgrims walk a 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) route known as…...

1+ day, 14+ min ago  (395+ words) 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, called altars of repose, on Holy…...

18+ hour, 18+ min ago  (299+ words) A new genetic study shows that the reputed burial cloth of Jesus contains DNA from a mix of people. A new study found that the Shroud of Turin " the cloth believed to have been used to bury Jesus Christ after…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (374+ words) The pontiff discussed the ongoing wars and exchanged Easter greetings with the two presidents. Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Good Friday. The Vatican said the pope spoke separately…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago  (432+ words) The Good Friday Reproaches are a series of antiphons, known also as the "Improperia" or "Popule Meus" ("My People"), coming from the opening lines of the Latin text of the recitation. Dating back to the ninth century, though not gaining…...