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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 14, 2022 / 10:22 am (CNA).
The Thursday before Easter, Catholics around the world practice an ancient Lenten tradition — a Holy Thursday devotion — known as the “Seven Churches V… […]
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Denver Newsroom, Apr 13, 2022 / 12:39 pm (CNA).
Did you know that it is possible to sing a special song of adoration on Holy Thursday and have your soul purified?It’s true, and the song is “Tantum Ergo.”First,… […]
Pope Francis kisses prisoners’ feet at Rome’s Regina Coeli Prison. March 29, 2018. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Apr 13, 2022 / 10:15 am (CNA).
On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass at a prison outside of Rome, where he will wash … […]
CNA Staff, Apr 1, 2021 / 11:30 am (CNA).- Holy Thursday evening reminds us how much God loves us, a Vatican cardinal said at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Preaching at the Mass on April 1, Cardinal Giovanni Battist… […]
Vatican City, Apr 1, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis told priests at Thursday’s Chrism Mass at the Vatican that “the cross is non-negotiable” when preaching the Gospel.
“The preaching of the Good News is mysteriously linke… […]
CNA Staff, Apr 1, 2021 / 01:10 am (CNA).- The Visitation to Seven Churches is a Holy Thursday devotion primarily practiced in Latin America, Italy, Poland and the Philippines.It involves traveling to seven local churches after the Mass of the Lor… […]
Dear Fathers, my brothers in Christ: On Easter Sunday evening, I received a text message from one of your number, a close friend whose message was short and to the point: “The strangest day of […]
I write these words on Holy Thursday, as the Christian world enters into the holiest and most spiritually intense time of the year. The long season of Lent has prepared us to delve once more […]
“St. Athanasius calls Easter ‘the Great Sunday’ and the Eastern Churches call Holy Week ‘the Great Week.’ The mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ […]
Note: The following piece was originally written for the April 9, 2006, edition of Our Sunday Visitor newspaper, and has been posted on Ignatius Insight. I am posting it here for CWR readers who may have not seen […]
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