Archive for April 19, 2019

Fr. Joseph Tran Duc Ngoi recites Lenten meditations at Trai Le Parish, Central Vietnam. ?w=200&h=150

This unique chant brings Vietnamese Catholics deeper into Christ's Passion

While the Stations of the Cross are a worldwide Lenten devotion for Catholics, the faithful in Vietnam have an additional... Read more

The March for Life before the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017. ?w=200&h=150

Pro-lifers join Good Friday prayers to abortion clinic witness

A pro-life group is coordinating ecumenical Good Friday services and Ways of the Cross outside of abortion clinics in more... Read more

People kneel on the pavement as they pray outside watching flames engulf Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, April 15, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

Wooden church- an 'ephemeral cathedral' could go up as Notre-Dame is restored

After a massive fire gutted the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris April 15, the cathedral’s rector says a temporary wooden... Read more

Pope Francis prostrates himself before the altar of St. Peter's Basilica at the opening of the Good Friday liturgy April 19, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Good Friday at the Vatican: Christ is among the pariahs

At the Vatican’s Good Friday service, the papal preacher connected Christ’s Passion with all in history who have suffered the... Read more

Candle Vigil. ?w=200&h=150

By JD Flynn

Commentary: What he's done for us at Easter

Easter tells us that we become saints through the work that he, and his grace, do in us, and through... Read more

Stations of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum April 19, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

At Colosseum Stations of the Cross, Pope Francis prays for abused minors

Pope Francis’ prayer at Good Friday’s Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum included a plea for abused youth and... Read more